CILIP IL group

Focus on FE: What is FELTAG?

Anne-Lise Harding, CILIP IL Group’s Further Education (FE) representative, writes below on the evolution of the FELTAG agenda.  The FELTAG Report and its resulting actions provide a national strategic impetus for developing FE students’ digital literacy and exploring online and blended delivery methods –  key priorities for IL colleagues in the FE sector. FELTAG stands for Further Education Learning Technology […]

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Webinar

Digital literacy in libraries event

CILIP’s  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 University of Liverpool in London on Friday 5th August 2016. Are you currently involved in developing, supporting and delivering digital literacy skills in

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Event

Bookings and contributions invited for Copyright Colloquium, Greenwich

The LIS-Copyseek community, with support from the CILIP Information Literacy Group, will be holding a Copyright Colloquium with a focus on copyright education on Wednesday 20th July at the University of Greenwich. The event is intended to be an opportunity to share experience and learn from each other on how best to provide the right message regarding

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Deadline approaching for ECIL 2016 bursary applications

Would you benefit from attending the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) in October 2016? Good news! The CILIP Information Literacy Group is offering a bursary to cover: the full conference fee £70 accommodation for 3 nights (£210) a flight up to the cost of £250 additional expenses of up to £100 to cover any additional travel and meals

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Free Library TeachMeet at Aberystwyth University

Ellie Downes, Graduate Library Trainee at Aberystwyth University, provides details of a free Library TeachMeet event that they will be hosting on Thursday, June 9th, 2016. Event: Aber LibTeachMeet 2016 Venue: Medrus 1, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth Date: Thursday, June 9th, 11:00-15:00 Aber LibTeachMeet is coming on the 9th June, 2016!  This year’s theme is: How do libraries make

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Bursary to attend European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL)

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is offering a bursary to attend the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) in October 2016 in Prague. All members of the CILIP IL Group are welcome to apply for the bursary to ECIL 2016, which will be held at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, from 10-13th October 2016. This is the

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Why is information literacy important in your sector?

The CILIP Information Literacy Group need your help to promote the importance of information literacy across all sectors! As practitioners in your respective fields, you could make a real difference in helping to communicate the value of information literacy to particular sectors and to society as a whole. You are invited to submit a short

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Research

Funding opportunity for IL research

Do you have an information literacy research idea in mind and need some funding to make it happen? The CILIP Information Literacy Group provides funds of up to £10,000 per proposal for high quality research through an annual bursary scheme. This funding is to support practitioners (who are IL Group members) in producing well-framed research. We are

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Webinar recording: reflections on LILAC

This webinar is one in a series provided by the CILIP Information Literacy Group in support of the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). These webinars are primarily aimed at LILAC 2016 conference speakers and delegates. This webinar was presented by Jane Secker, Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, and Lisa Jeskins, Chair of the LILAC

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