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 …
If you are a Twitter user, or at least keeping half an eye on the news, you may have noticed that Twitter appears increasingly broken. Thanks to some baffling decisions by the Landlord of Mars, core functionality of the site is steadily eroding. There is also an increasing sense that it is no longer a …
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Thanks to the University of Sheffield Library (Helen Moore and Maria Mawson, Faculty Librarians) for allowing us to repost this blog in relation to Open Access Week. In this May 2021 blog post we addressed the issues surrounding the provision of textbooks, issues not caused by the pandemic but certainly magnified during that time. We’re …
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Thanks to Mobeena Khan for this review of the Games Based Learning Event she attended as a BAME (Black and Minority Ethnic) bursary winner. Please note we currently have bursary places available for our Anti-Racist Pedagogy and Decolonising: An Information Literacy Perspective Event. My name is Mobeena Khan and I am an Information Skills Librarian …
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Helping organisations understand the importance of trusted, evidence-based information that people can access and understand has been at the core of my working life. I have been involved with health information for over a decade, working in the private sector, NHS England and now the Patient Information Forum (PIF). It is a great time to …
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) and the LILAC Conference are delighted to have been enlisted as Champions of the Project Information Literacy initiative, “The PIL Provocation Series”. As a a valued Champion of the Project Information Literacy (PIL) Provocation Series, I’m delighted to send you a link to our latest essay, “Information Literacy for Mortals,” by Mike Caulfield, a …
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The Media and Information Literacy Alliance (MILA) is pleased to announce the launch of its brand-new website, at https://mila.org.uk/, where you will find useful information about the Alliance and the rationale underpinning it. In particular, the site incorporates a draft of MILA’s media and information literacy Framework (https://mila.org.uk/news/mila-framework/), whose purpose is to demonstrate what media and …
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UNESCO have released the second edition of their Media and Information Literacy Curriculum, Media and information literate citizens: think critically, click wisely! The introduction highlights the fundamental importance of access to reliable information, particularly in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. This comprehensive curriculum includes 14 modules and guidance on how to use it. It can …
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Join the IFLA Information Literacy and School Libraries Sections for a co-sponsored webinar series on 27 and 28 October! This webinar series explores perspectives on the role of information literacy education in fostering a smooth transition throughout a learner’s formal education journey from pre-Kindergarten to 20 and beyond. They are being offered within the Unesco …
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