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Information Literacy Awards 2020 extension!

The CILIP Information Literacy Group and LILAC conference committee are pleased to announce that the deadline for receipt of nominations for the Information Literacy Awards 2020 has been extended until Friday, 14th February, 2020 (17:00 GMT). These prestigious awards will be presented at the LILAC 2020 conference, which is being hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University on April […]

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CILIP Training Sessions: Approaches to Teaching Information Literacy in Practice

Dr. Jane Secker and Sarah Pavey, respective chair and schools representative of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, will be leading a training session for library and information staff on Approaches to Teaching Information Literacy in Practice on Friday 6th March 2020 in London, repeated in May in Sheffield. This half-day workshop is aimed at library and information staff at

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JIL appoints new Editor-in-Chief

An announcement by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Information Literacy We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Alison Hicks as the new Editor-In-Chief for the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL). Alison is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Information Studies at University College London. She received her PhD from the Swedish School of Library and Information

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LILAC 2020: Information Literacy student awards, and bursary winners announced!

The CILIP Information Literacy Group and LILAC conference committee are pleased to announce that the LILAC Student Awards are now open for applications. The winners of the LILAC 2020 bursaries have also been announced!   LILAC student awards – applications open! We are happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Rowena

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Event review: Exploring the intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy

Hannah Pyman is the Information Literacy Coordinator at University of Essex library, and attended the recent CILIP Information Literacy Group event on “Exploring intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy” in Liverpool. Hannah was the recipient of an ILG event bursary in honour of Marion Kelt and has kindly provided a review of the day.

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Information Literacy Awards 2020 launched!

The CILIP Information Literacy Group and LILAC conference committee are pleased to announce that the Information Literacy Awards 2020 have now been launched. These prestigious awards will be presented at the LILAC 2020 conference, which is being hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University on April 6th-8th. Information Literacy Award: The CILIP Information Literacy Group is proud

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CILIP Information Literacy Group committee vacancies

The CILIP Information Literacy Group have two exciting opportunities to join our team. We are recruiting for a new Training Officer, and a Further Education sector representative. Applicants should have experience of committee work (not necessarily with CILIP), and be based in the UK. Applicants should be members of CILIP (or willing to join). We particularly welcome

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The LILAC committee are recruiting!

The LILAC Committee currently have an exciting opportunity to join our conference-organising team. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to recruit into the role of Marketing & Insights Manager. For a full description and person specification for the role, please see the conference website. Applicants should be based in the UK. We particularly

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LILAC 2020: A fond farewell and new opportunities

Giles Lloyd-Brown (Swansea University) will be stepping down from his role as Marketing & Insights Manager on the LILAC committee after the 2020 conference in Manchester. We asked him to reflect on his LILAC experiences. How did you get involved with LILAC? I first became involved with LILAC as a local representative, when Swansea hosted

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Exciting opportunity with the Journal of Information Literacy

The Journal of Information Literacy seeks an Editor-in-Chief to manage the content, quality, and direction of the journal. Established in 2007, the journal aims to push the boundaries of information literacy thinking in theory, practice and method; and to develop deep and critical understandings of the role, contribution and impact of information literacies in everyday

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