What is your role in the Committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? I joined in August 2025. In my role, I teach information literacy to undergraduates and postgraduates at a university, and I am particularly interested in how students interact with […]
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Are you a new professional or student who is interested in information literacy? Would you like to become more involved with the work of the Information Literacy Group and meet other new professionals? If so, please consider applying for the ILG New Professional Committee! The New Professionals Committee has been running since 2021, and has
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What is your role in the committee? I am a new member of the Information Literacy Group Sub-Committee for New Professionals. Joining from the academic libraries sector. When did you join and why? I completed my MA and Library and Information studies from Aberystwyth University in 2020. My background is in the visual arts, and
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What is your role in the Committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? As much of my day-to-day work involves delivering information literacy training to clinical staff, I have become particularly interested in information literacy, and health literacy in particular. This has
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On Friday 13th December from 2-3.30pm ILG are running a free webinar hosted by Dr Alison Hicks, UCL and Dr Jane Secker, City St George’s University of London. Entitled ‘New Voices in Information Literacy’, the event will hear from four new professionals who have all recently completed their Masters in Library and Information Science /
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What is your role in the committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? I have only recently joined the ILG New Professionals Committee, in May 2024. Last year, I was able to attend the 2023 LILAC conference in Cambridge. I enjoyed engaging
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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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Are you a new professional or student who is interested in information literacy? Would you like to become more involved with the work of the Information Literacy Group and meet other new professionals? If so, please consider applying for the ILG New Professional Committee! The New Professionals Committee has been running since 2021, and has
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Conferences are a great way to network with professionals, learn from others and have some fun. But the first time you attend a conference can be nerve wracking, especially if you’re new to the profession. With LILAC 24 coming up very soon, we asked the New Professional Committee how they felt at their first conference
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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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