Interviews

Meet the Committee: Pam McKinney, LIS representative

What is your role on the Committee?I’m on the committee to represent academics and students from Library andInformation Science departments. When did you join and why?I joined in July 2024, and I’m excited to get to work! It’s really important that ourinformation literacy course content is informed by the very latest developments inpractice, and having […]

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Chatting Info Lit podcast: 50 years of Information Literacy: special episode

Have a listen on your usual podcast player on either SoundCloud, Apple, or Spotify to the CILIP Information Literacy Group’s New Professionals Chatting Info Lit podcast – episode eight. In this special documentary episode, the group look back over 50 years of Information Literacy with guests William Badke, Moira Bent, Debbi Boden-Angell, James Elmborg, Jane Secker,

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Meet the ILG Committee: Katie Wise, Health Sector Representative

What is your role on the committee?I am the Health Sector Representative. When did you join and why? I joined the ILG committee in May 2024 after stepping down from the ILG New Professionals sub-committee, where I had been a member for three years. During this time, I had really enjoyed working with the ILG

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Introducing the ILG New Professionals – Ana Williams

What is your role in the committee? I am a new member of the ILG New Professionals Sub-committee. When did you join and why?  I joined at the end of 2023. My previous career was as a primary teacher, where I championed information literacy against a fast-evolving internet that offered ‘cut and paste’ homework authored

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Introducing the ILG New Professionals – Ellie Sheppard

What is your role on the committee? I am a member of the ILG Sub-Committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? As a New Professional in the industry, I’m always looking for new ways to meet other information professionals, and combined with my passion for Information Literacy, this role was perfect! I

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Meet the Committee – Drew Feeney, Public Libraries Representative

What is your role on the Committee? I am the Public Libraries Representative. When did you join and why? I joined in December 2023. I attended the European Conference of Information Literacy earlier in the year as a speaker, during which I met some lovely people there who turned out to be Committee members. A

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Introducing the ILG New Professionals – Eva Garcia Grau

What is your role in the committee? I am a new member of the ILG New Professionals Sub-committee. I am still getting settled but I am hoping to update the information in the New Professionals web page and help the rest of the committee members with anything and everything! When did you join and why?  I joined

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Chatting Info Lit – Episode 4 Now Live

Episode 4 of Chatting Info Lit is now live on Soundcloud, Apple and Spotify! In episode 4, Ella Wharton (University of Nottingham) chats with Corin Peacock (Arts University Bournemouth) about Corin’s project looking at the LGBTQ+ community and self tracking, undertaken as part of a University of Sheffield research internship. Corin talks about their experience

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Episode Three – Chatting Info Lit

Our very special LILAC episode of Chatting Info Lit has now been released, and is available to listen to on SoundCloud, Apple, and Spotify! In this episode, Ella Wharton, Josh Rodda and Bethan Morgan talk podcasting and information literacy with Jane Secker and Chris Morrison (Copyright Waffle), and Mark Childs (one half of Pedagodzilla). The

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