1974 was a momentous year in many ways: The Tour de France visited the UK for the first time. However, things did not go smoothly. The World Cup was held in West Germany, who won the title. Eurovision was held in Brighton and ABBA won with Waterloo. President Nixon resigned following the Watergate scandal. Paul […]
Celebrating 40 years of Information Literacy! Read More »
This week is Learning at Work Week, set up by the Campaign for Learning (http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/cfl/index.asp) and promoted by CILIP. To read more about how information literacy can support learning in the workplace, please follow this link http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/social-learning-work
Learning at Work Week: 19th – 25th May Read More »
The CILIP Information Literacy Group is now able to provide funds of up to £10,000 for high quality research through an annual bursary scheme. Research into the effectiveness of information literacy has been published fairly widely, but there are pockets of IL research that have either not taken place at all or have not reached beyond the academic
Exciting funding opportunity for IL research! Read More »
Tell us what you think about our website for a chance to win £50 of gift vouchers! If you are a regular visitor to the Information Literacy website, you may have noticed that there have been some changes to its look and feel in recent months. But there’s a lot more to come! The CILIP
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The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has now released the second part of a draft Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, which is intended to replace the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (ILCSHE) that were adopted by ACRL in 2000. Part one was made available in February 2014. The second part of the draft framework
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The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) takes place at Sheffield Hallam University on 23rd-25th April 2014. LILAC’s bursary scheme was set up this year to enable access to the conference for librarians from sectors that traditionally struggle to secure funding from their employers. Each of the free conference places includes 3 days of attendance at all LILAC
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The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released the first part of a draft Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education, which is intended to replace the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (ILCSHE) that were adopted by ACRL in 2000. The Competency Standards have become an essential document related to the emergence of information literacy
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group Committee is looking to recruit a Sector Representative for Health, to work alongside our other Sector Reps to represent the needs of librarians working in health/medical libraries. More information about the IL Group and its activities is available from its CILIP webpages. If you would like to be considered for
Represent the Health Sector on the IL Group Committee! Read More »
The CILIP Information Literacy Group is committed to supporting information literacy developments and events within all sectors of library and information science. Many sectors may not be able to access funding in a timely way to facilitate the provision of relevant IL training events required within their region. The IL Group welcomes applications for sponsorship
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The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) takes place at Sheffield Hallam University on 23rd-25th April 2014. A number of awards are now open for applications, including a sponsored student place at the conference. Click on the links below for full details on how to apply or to nominate a colleague. Information Literacy Award – recognises
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