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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Calling all Library New Professionals! This month, we’re launching another Randomised Coffee Trial for new professionals to meet and share information literacy experiences. This is available for any current students or recent graduates of library courses, apprenticeships or anyone new to a library job (less than 5 years experience) in all library sectors. What is …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
The second episode of Chatting Info Lit has been released and is available to listen to on SoundCloud, Apple, and Spotify! In this episode, Bethan Morgan (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust) chats to Frankie Marsh (University of Cambridge) about Frankie’s award winning article on the link between information literacy and decolonisation in academic libraries. Frankie …
The ILG New Professionals Sub-committee will have an even greater presence at LILAC 2023 and we hope to meet lots of other new professionals, especially those who might be attending LILAC for the first time. We will have a stand at the conference and will be organising a meet up for new professionals in the …
The first episode of Chatting Info Lit is available to listen to now! In our first episode, Ella Wharton (University of Nottingham) chats to Katie Wise (Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust), about the importance of health literacy. Katie also talks about Conversations of Care, a communication training project developed at Royal Berkshire Hospital. Other topics …
The ILG New Professionals Sub-Committee presents: ‘Chatting Info Lit‘, a brand-new podcast series. We will be inviting both new and experienced professionals across multiple LIS sectors to hear about their exciting information literacy projects and to find out what information literacy means to them. We will also be exploring the experience of being a new …
What is your role in the committee? I joined the New Professionals Sub-committee this past summer, coming to it from an academic librarianship perspective. The main thing I’m working on at the moment is Chatting Info Lit, the sub-committee’s podcast series for new professionals. I’ve been editing the first episode, as well as producing some …
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