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Changing my Mind: Additional Reflections on the Impact and Design of the English Library Instruction Pilot (ELIP)

Changing my Mind: Additional Reflections on the Impact and Design of the English Library Instruction Pilot (ELIP)

In this post, Amy McLay Paterson, Benjamin Mitchell, Stirling Prentice, and Elizabeth Rennie share their additional reflections on their article recently published in the Journal of Information Literacy.  There’s no denying that ELIP was structured at least partially as a compromise. Our goal was, of course, a full-semester course in library research. The myriad problems […]

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Reflections on liberating the library through information creation: a ‘messy’ workshop at LILAC 2024

Rhian Whitehead-Wright, Vicky Grant, Tomás Rocha-Lawrence and Courtney Wood explore their “messy” workshops, held in the library at the University of Sheffield, as a means of liberating the library space and what libraries means to their users. The team delivered their own messy workshop at LILAC 2024 and reflect on their session here.   At the

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The covid effect: how has the pandemic affected student behaviour? – Laura Woods

Now we are past the midpoint of the autumn term, and the initial rush of inductions and information literacy introductory classes that make up most of an academic librarian’s life at this time of year are starting to subside, it’s got me in a reflective mood. Due to some medical issues I was still working

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Cost of living crisis: what can academic libraries do?

In this blog post, Laura Woods, Deputy Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has been thinking about the current cost of living crisis and whether academic libraries can help students during these challenging times. She provides her own thoughts on this issue and encourages readers to share their own ideas. In the UK, we

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