Episode Fourteen of Chatting Info Lit is now live on SoundCloud, Apple and Spotify!)
“Get angry and then write us a piece about it”.
In Episode 14, Jess Haigh (Managing Editor of the Journal of Information Literacy) joins the podcast to demystify the publication process. She speaks to Kerrianne Orriss about the various ways a new professional can publish their work, and Jess sets out the JIL publishing process step by step, offering some great tips along the way. If you’re booked on a workshop by JIL editors or on their waiting list, this podcast is a great place to start! See the Information Literacy Group’s blogpost about the upcoming workshops by the editors of JIL, which include sessions on research design and finding your academic voice.
You can hear Kerrianne’s conversation with Jess on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, and Spotify
You can email the Journal of Information Literacy for a chat about publishing your work here: jil@cilip.org.uk and see the whole Chatting Info Lit reading list here.
Episode Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RxD_EZnPshCO77s-RG62_kPbr6YyU4po/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105844347620717531095&rtpof=true&sd=true
Episode Links:
BBC iPlayer (2025) Storyville – The Librarians. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kkmj/storyville-the-librarians (Accessed: 3 June 2026).
Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2022) Thematic analysis: a practical guide. London ; Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.
Denscombe, M. (2021) The good research guide: research methods for small-scale social research projects. Seventh edition. London New York, NY: Open University Press (Open UP study skills).
Haigh, J. (2016) ‘Jess Does Chartership’, 26 April. Available at: https://jessdoeschartership.wordpress.com/ (Accessed: 3 June 2026). Haigh, J. (2018) ‘Jess Does Teaching: A Librarian’s Blog’, 10 May. Available at: https://jessdoesteaching.wordpress.com/ (Accessed: 3 June 2026).
Haigh, J. and Garcia Grau, E. (2025) LILAC Stories: Exploring the long-term impact of the LILAC Conference on the Information Literacy Community. Available at: https://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/12245/ (Accessed: 3 June 2026).
Information Professional (2026). Available at: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/InfoPro (Accessed: 3 June 2026).
Journal of Information Literacy (2026) Ross Todd Award. Available at: https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/rosstoddaward (Accessed: 3 June 2026).
NLISN: Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network (2026). Available at: https://nlisn.org/ (Accessed: 3 June 2026).
Ryan, G.W. and Bernard, H.R. (2003) ‘Techniques to Identify Themes’, Field Methods, 15(1), pp. 85–109. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X02239569.
Scott, R. J. (2024). The opportunity of narrative inquiry for information literacy research: Narrative thinking and storying data.
LILAC: The Information Literacy Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom. Available at: https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/publications/the-opportunity-of-narrative-inquiry-for-information-literacy-res/