Re-posted with permission from the MmIT Group’s Blog / Original post by Lizzie Sparrow. A chance conversation earlier in the year between the chairs to two of CILIP’s special interest groups led to the first joint event hosted between the Information Literacy Group and the Multimedia, Information and Technology group, which was held at the […]
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What is your role on the committee? I am one of the web editors of the IL website. The website editorial group is a sub-group of the CILIP Information Literacy Group. When did you join and why? I joined the website sub-group at its inception in 2013. Getting involved in the website editorial team gave
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What is your role on the committee? I’m the Website Manager for the CILIP Information Literacy Group. When did you join and why? I joined the committee in this role in June 2013. Helping students to develop their information literacy skills has been an important part of my professional life over the last ten years, and my current role means
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Rebecca Jones, Schools Representative for the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG), has kindly provided a report on the CILIP Conference 2016, held in Brighton on 14th-15th July. This was the first CILIP conference that I have attended and I was not disappointed with the event. Based in Brighton, the event had a seaside theme with
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Due to exceptional demand, additional places are now available for the Digital Literacy in Libraries event in London on Friday, August 5th, 2016. The CILIP Information Literacy Group and the Multimedia, Information and Technology Group (MmIT) invite you to join them for a day-long conference of seminar talks and activities from digital literacy experts at the
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What is your role on the committee? I am the ILG Membership Secretary. When did you join and why? I joined the group committee back in May 2016. Having been involved with a number of CILIP groups in the past, it looked a really interesting opportunity to get involved with the group and keep professionally active. What
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is pleased to announce the recipient of its bursary to attend the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) in October 2016 in Prague. Kirsten McCormick, a librarian at Glasgow Life public libraries, will attend the event, which will be held at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, from 10-13th October 2016. This is the fourth European Conference on
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The latest issue of GKIM Matters, the joint journal from CILIP’s Government Information Group and the Network of Government Library and Information Specialists, features an article by Stéphane Goldstein on the topic of “Information Literacy in the Workplace”. The article considers what information literacy (IL) signifies in the workplace, and highlights the key findings of a significant
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Dr. Marc Forster, Health Sector Representative on the CILIP Information Literacy Group committee, discusses “health literacy” and how to recognise reliable sources of information. With a vast wealth of information on health and medical care and conditions available on the web, how can we deal with it effectively and successfully? Whether a medical professional, a person
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Rebecca Jones, CILIP Information Literacy Group’s Schools representative, reports below on judging entries for the TeenTech Award finals. The CILIP Information Literacy Group, in partnership with the TeenTech initiative, sponsors an award for 11-16 year olds that recognises excellence in research and information literacy. On Monday 20th June the finals of the TeenTech Awards took place
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