The CILIP Information Literacy Group is delighted to announce a sponsored place for the CILIP Umbrella Conference, (Hash tag: #UB13) taking place at Manchester University on 2-3 July 2013. CILIP is providing a bursary place for a CILIP IL Group member consisting of a complimentary place on both days of the conference, as well as […]
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is proud to offer an award for achievement in the field of information literacy. The award is open to individuals working in the information literacy arena, and in any sector, within the United Kingdom. The 2013 winner is Kim McGowan Kim was recognised for an impressive body of work which has
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is pleased to announce for the second year running an award for innovation in digital resources for information literacy, generously sponsored by Credo Reference. This award recognises an individual or group who develop the best new digital resource for promoting information literacy. The winner receives £500 for personal use and
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The purpose of the Student Sponsored Award is to enable two students to attend LILAC. The award consists of full conference registration, travel and accommodation expenses. The 2013 winners were: Darren Flynn – Darren is a Senior Library Assistant at Manchester Metropolitan University and is currently enrolled on a full-time 1-year Library and Information Management course
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The CILIP Information Literacy group are pleased to announce that the Editor-in-Chief of JIL, Jane Secker, has been awarded the title of Mover & Shaker by the US journal – Library Journal – as an advocate for information literacy.
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The Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) is looking to recruit a Digital Communications Officer to their editorial team. JIL is a successful peer reviewed journal that disseminates articles on practical, technological or philosophical issues in relation to information literacy. The editorial team wishes to reach a wider audience both within and external to librarianship and
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A new sub-group of the CILIP Information Literacy Group called CoPILOT (Community of Practice for Information Literacy Online Teaching) has been formed. The sub-group’s aim is to support and encourage the development and sharing of information literacy teaching materials as open educational resources, primarily within the UK. The Group’s initial activities will be to establish an online space for the Community
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The University of Birmingham and London School of Economics and Political Science are working with the Communication and Information Sector of UNESCO on a short project funded by JISC and the Higher Education Academy under Phase 3 of their UK open educational resources (OER) programme. Project CoPILOT (Community of Practice for Information Literacy Online Teaching)
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The Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy was announced at the LILAC conference dinner. The annual award aims to recognise an individual librarian or group of librarians who develop the best new digital resource for promoting information literacy. Skills@Library Team (University of Leeds) for the Skills@Library lecturer pages. This is an extensive online portfolio
The Information Literacy Practitioner Award was announced at the conference dinner at LILAC 2012. Andrew Walsh (Academic Librarian, University of Huddersfield), won the award in recognition of his high profile achievements in promoting the use of mobile learning technologies and active/game-based learning techniques in information literacy teaching. The runner-up was Judy Atkinson (LIS Manager, Royal College of
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