Awards

LILAC Awards 2014 – now open for applications

The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) takes place at Sheffield Hallam University on 23rd-25th April 2014. A number of awards are now open for applications, including a sponsored student place at the conference.  Click on the links below for full details on how to apply or to nominate a colleague. Information Literacy Award – recognises […]

LILAC Awards 2014 – now open for applications Read More »

Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year Award – Winner announced

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

Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year Award – Winner announced Read More »

The Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy – Winner announced

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

The Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy – Winner announced Read More »

LILAC 2013 – Winners of the Student Sponsored Places

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

LILAC 2013 – Winners of the Student Sponsored Places Read More »

Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy – Skills@Library Team (University of Leeds) announced as winner

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

Credo Reference Digital Award for Information Literacy – Skills@Library Team (University of Leeds) announced as winner Read More »

IL Practitioner Award – Andrew Walsh announced as winner

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

IL Practitioner Award – Andrew Walsh announced as winner Read More »

LILAC: Thasya Elliott winner of Student award

The winner of the 2012 LILAC student award (sponsored by the CILIP CSG Information Literacy Group) was Thasya Elliott.  Thaysa is a Learning Resource Centre Assistant at Haringey Sixth Form Centre and is studying on the MA Information Management course at London Metropolitan University. The award was judged this year by Susie Andretta (London Metropolitan University) and

LILAC: Thasya Elliott winner of Student award Read More »

LILAC 2012 awards launch – put your nominations in now

The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) is delighted to announce the call for nominations for our 3 prestigious awards for 2012: Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year This long established award (sponsored by the CILIP CSG IL Group) recognises an outstanding individual contribution to information literacy.  The winner will receive £500 for personal use

LILAC 2012 awards launch – put your nominations in now Read More »

Congratulations to new National Teaching Fellow

Well done to Andrew Walsh from Huddersfield University for becoming a National Teaching Fellow. The prestigous award is from the Higher Education Academy and is in recognition of Andrews innovative work in the area of information literacy and mobile libraries. Prevous winners from the library community are Moira Bent,  Chris Powis and Jo Webb. You

Congratulations to new National Teaching Fellow Read More »