The CILIP Information Literacy Group are pleased to offer a bursary place for one of our group members at this year’s CILIP Conference in Liverpool. The bursary includes a complimentary place on both days of the conference, travel expenses, one night’s accommodation at Z Hotels on Thursday, July 2nd and attendance at the drinks reception at […]
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Dr Jane Secker takes up the position of Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group on April 1st, 2015, and on that day she will be speaking at the CILIP Copyright Briefing on licensing developments and on her work on the Universities UK Copyright Working Group. Event: CILIP Copyright Executive Briefing: Latest Developments in Copyright: Legislation and Licensing Venue: CILIP,
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Applications are now welcome for an exciting new “Pedagogy for librarians” residential course taking place in June 2015, with places heavily subsidised by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. What is it? An immersive and intensive five-day course, taking place from June 1st to 5th, 2015 at Northern College (a former stately home, Wentworth Castle) in South Yorkshire. Applications are now
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group are delighted to announce the funding of two very exciting, ground-breaking and innovative projects that will show how information is vitally important for citizenship and the workplace. “We believe that these projects will make a real difference to how we give young people the tools to become informed citizens and work
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CILIP Debate: This House believes that the role of the librarian should be that of teacher On 10 February 2015, the CILIP Information Literacy Group hosted a lively debate at the Library of Birmingham, chaired by Jane Secker, Chair of the IL Group. The speakers for the motion, Emma Coonan and Geoff Walton, and speakers against the motion,
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Staffordshire University Library are hosting a free Library TeachMeet event on the theme of “Resource Discovery: Enhancing the User Experience” on Thursday, 19th March, 2015. The event, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, offers a great opportunity to share new ideas with colleagues from other institutions. Participants should be prepared to think creatively, discuss enthusiastically and leave inspired. Event: Resource Discovery: Enhancing the
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Bookings are now being taken for the Welsh Information Literacy Project Closing Conference, which will take place on Thursday, 26th March, 2015 at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham. The Welsh Information Literacy Project was initiated at the all-Wales, cross-sectoral Gregynog conference in 2009. The aims of the project, which draws to a close on 31st March, 2015, have
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Join us on Tuesday, 10th February at the Library of Birmingham, where the CILIP Information Literacy Group will be hosting the next CILIP Debate: ‘This house believes that the role of Librarian should be that of Teacher’. The debate will be chaired by Dr Jane Secker, and the debaters include: Darren Smart, Policy & Advocacy Officer, CILIP Public
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Emma Coonan as the new Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Information Literacy from June 2015. Emma is the Information Skills Librarian at UEA (University of East Anglia), Norwich. She holds an MSt and a PhD in literary theory and an MSc in Information and Library Management, and
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is sponsoring a one-day event in London on developing a blended learning skills programme, and it’s free for IL Group members! Following an excellent event in Manchester, the Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme workshop is being repeated at CILIP in London. The event will be run by Jennie Blake and Jade Kelsall
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