Have a listen on your usual podcast player on either SoundCloud, Apple, or Spotify to the CILIP Information Literacy Group’s New Professionals Chatting Info Lit podcast – episode eight.
In this special documentary episode, the group look back over 50 years of Information Literacy with guests William Badke, Moira Bent, Debbi Boden-Angell, James Elmborg, Jane Secker, and Geoff Walton. Sharing experiences, influences, and stories across a range of contexts, they discuss the definition of Information Literacy, the formation of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, the need for librarians to be taken seriously as teachers, and the challenges posed by the rise of generative AI. And on the way, they offer plenty of guidance and encouragement for new professionals! The interviews for this half-century retrospective were recorded in March 2024 by Beth Morgan, Josh Rodda, and Ella Wharton.
Links: SoundCloud, Apple, or Spotify.