Join our team! The CILIP Information Literacy Group has an exciting opportunity to join the team as our Health Sector Representative; the role offers a great opportunity to become more involved with the work of the ILG, learn new skills, network, and help advocate for information literacy. The role We currently have a vacancy for a Health […]
Working in the Health sector? Join our team! Read More »
The CILIP Information Literacy Group currently has an exciting new vacancy for the role of Communications and Engagement Manager, and is recruiting now! We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual to join our team and help lead further exciting developments to our communications activity across a range of platforms, including this website, Linkedin, YouTube, and
We’re recruiting! New Communications & Engagement Manager role Read More »
Health Information Week is changing! After consultation with stakeholders, we are moving Health Information Week to the third week of January each year. The next Health Information Week will take place from 20-26 January, 2025. What is Health Information Week? Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign to promote high quality information. Previous examples
Health Information Week: changes ahead and call for new project team members Read More »
The update below has been provided by Stéphane Goldstein. The Media and Information Literacy Alliance (MILA) has been pursuing its mission to foster collaborations, not least to help develop the evidence base in information literacy (IL) and media literacy. At the end of 2022, MILA commissioned a project, funded by CILIP and the CILIP Information
MILA update – February 2024 Read More »
There’s still time to make a nomination for the 2024 Information Literacy Award and apply for the Student Award. Information Literacy Award The CILIP Information Literacy Group and the Information School at the University of Sheffield are proud to offer an award for achievement in the field of information literacy (IL). The award is open
2024 Information Literacy Award – Student Award Read More »
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
Meet the Committee – Drew Feeney, Public Libraries Representative Read More »
A brand-new issue of the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) is out this week: Vol. 17, No. 2 (2023). It’s fully open access, so you can browse all the research articles, project reports, and book reviews. Editor-in-Chief, Alison Hicks, introduces the issue, and explains the need for information literacy to explore new approaches: Stay in our lane?
New issue of Journal of Information Literacy released Read More »
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
Introducing the ILG New Professionals – Eva Garcia Grau Read More »
We are pleased to let you know that the call for presentations for LILAC 2024 is now open. LILAC: The Information Literacy Conference will take place from 25–27 March 2024 at Leeds Beckett University. LILAC welcomes proposals which address information literacy from all sectors and contexts. In 2024 we invite you to present on any
LILAC 2024: Call for presentations – NOW OPEN! Read More »
By Elizabeth Brookbank, ILG North American Rep Book banning, driven mainly by the group Moms for Liberty (recently designated as an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center), continues to be a huge headline for libraries in the U.S., especially school libraries. (See my June news round up post for more background). The number
U.S. Libraries News – September 2023 Read More »
