CILIP IL group

Workshop: Writing research proposals and publications – CILIP ILG & LIRG

Writing research proposals and publications – CILIP ILG & LIRG Venue: Charter Room East, CILIP HQ, 7 Ridgmount Street, London Date: Friday 12th September, 2014 10:00 – 16:30 Workshop outline: This one day event will introduce participants to research, writing a research proposal and writing the research up for publication once it is complete. Led […]

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New issue of Journal of Information Literacy

The latest issue of the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) is now available, and includes reports on the Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC 2014) by the two Student Award winners. The Journal of Information Literacy is the international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, and aims to investigate information literacy (IL)

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Aberystwyth University Library TeachMeet – 04/06/14

Ffion Bell (@bibliotekaargh) has kindly provided a report on the free LibTeachMeet event that took place at Aberystwyth University earlier this month. On Wednesday 4th June 2014, a LibTeachMeet was held here at Aberystwyth University – and it went very well! In this blog post I will describe how it came about, and what actually happened on the day.

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LILAC 2014 presentations now available

This year’s Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC 2014) took place at Sheffield Hallam University on April 23rd-25th, and was a tremendous success. On the 10th anniversary of the conference, delegates from across the world met to share new ideas and innovative teaching techniques, listen to inspiring speakers and of course enjoy the now legendary social

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Free LibTeachMeet at University of Hertfordshire – Wednesday, 25th June 2014

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is sponsoring a free LibTeachMeet event at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, on Wednesday, 25th June 2014. The theme is ‘Information Literacy meets … Employability and Graduate Skills’. The  event will focus on how information literacy skills can be taught as part of a wider graduate attribute skills package, specifically to enhance the employability

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Exciting funding opportunity for IL research!

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is now able to provide funds of up to £10,000 for high quality research through an annual bursary scheme. Research into the effectiveness of information literacy has been published fairly widely, but there are pockets of IL research that have either not taken place at all or have not reached beyond the academic

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Free LibTeachMeet at University of Wolverhampton – Thursday, 10th July 2014

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is sponsoring a free LibTeachMeet event that is being organised by Learning and Information Services at the University of Wolverhampton on Thursday, 10th July 2014. The theme is information literacy skills and the new student. The event will focus on innovative information literacy and skills practice in relation to new students, explore how best to

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Free LibTeachMeet at King’s College London Library – Thursday, 12th June 2014

The Health Information Specialist team of King’s College London Library will be hosting a free London Library TeachMeet event on Thursday, 12th June 2014. The theme of the event is: Enhancing the student experience through interactivity and engagement. The organisers are looking for willing presenters who would like to share aspects of their teaching practice with the LibTeachMeet attendees.  Presentations

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Free LibTeachMeet at Aberystwyth University – Wednesday, 4th June 2014

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is sponsoring a free LibTeachMeet event that is being hosted at Aberystwyth University on Wednesday, 4th June 2014. A Library TeachMeet is an informal get-together for librarians to share ideas and experiences of teaching. Everyone will have the chance to give short, five minute presentation on what they’ve been doing, or are hoping to

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