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Inquiry into fake news: the CILIP ILG response

Stéphane Goldstein, Advocacy and Outreach Officer of the CILIP Information Literacy Group and Executive Director of InformAll, outlines our recent submission to the inquiry into fake news that is being conducted by the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport. In January 2017, the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport launched […]

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Top tips for LILAC!

Seasoned LILAC attendees, aka the CILIP Information Literacy Group committee, share their top tips to get the most from the conference. So, whether you’re a newbie or have attended every one since 2004, we hope you’ll find this useful. Feel free to add your own top tips in the comments section! Talk to people! Everyone is really

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Join our website editorial team – last call for applications!

The CILIP Information Literacy Group currently has two vacancies on its Website Editorial Team, and is recruiting now! We are looking for two dynamic and committed individuals to join our team and help us make further exciting developments to this website. We would welcome applicants from all sectors, including new professionals and students who have a

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ARCL Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Webcast Series: Webcast 2: Tuesday 4th April 2017

The CILIP Information Literacy Group are delighted to launch a series of 3 webinars and we are partnering with an expert team from the United States, from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) in this series of webinars exploring the Intersections between Scholarly Communications and Information Literacy. These webinars will be free to

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Join our website editorial team! Deadline approaching

The CILIP Information Literacy Group currently has two vacancies on its Website Editorial Team, and is recruiting now! We are looking for two dynamic and committed individuals to join our team and help us make further exciting developments to this website. We would welcome applicants from all sectors, including new professionals and students who have a

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Meet the CILIP IL Group Committee: Kate Grigsby

What is your role on the committee? I am currently the Marketing and Communications Officer on the Information Literacy Group Committee. When did you join and why? I joined as I have a wider interest in Marketing and Communications and wanted to get involved with an active and engaging committee who are very closely linked

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Free Staffordshire Teachmeet on Information Literacy and Making Judgements

Staffordshire University Library are hosting a free Library TeachMeet event on the theme of “Information Literacy and Making Judgements: from Brexit to The White House” on Thursday 4th May. The event will be held on Thursday 4th May from 1pm-4pm in Stoke-on-Trent and will start with a lunch sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. Attendees are

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Information Literacy for Democratic Engagement (IL-DEM) project report

The CILIP Information Literacy Group recently funded a research project on “Information literacy for democratic engagement”, led by a team at Edinburgh Napier University. The research team have kindly provided a summary of the project and its outcomes, which is available below. The CILIP IL Group seeks to fund high quality research through an annual bursary

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Bursary available for CILIP Conference 2017

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is offering a bursary place to attend this year’s CILIP Conference in Manchester on 5th– 6th July, 2017. Applicants must be a member of the CILIP IL Group. Each bursary place includes travel expenses (within the UK), a complimentary place on both days of the conference, lunch, refreshments and attendance

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