Conferences

Report on “Innovative Learning: Driving Educational Change” event

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Rebecca Mogg, Deputy Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has kindly provided a report on the Innovative Learning: Driving Educational Change event that took place at the Manchester Conference Centre on Tuesday, December 8th, 2015. Being a librarian, the vast majority of events I attend are for librarians and these are usually focused on information […]

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An Estonian immersion in Information Literacy: a copyright geek reflects one month on

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Chris Morrison, Copyright and Licensing Compliance Officer at the University of Kent, has very kindly allowed us to reproduce his excellent recent blog entry describing his reflections on this year’s European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), which took place on 19-22 October, 2015, in Tallinn, Estonia. In thinking how I might sum up my experiences of attending

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Introducing the LILAC Lagadothon – new for 2016!

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Have an information literacy product you are eager to test? Or one you’ve already tried but you feel needs improvement? The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) in Dublin on 21-23 March 2016 will include a new opportunity to get feedback and ideas from your peers in a series of exciting speed round showcases. Whether it’s is

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ECIL 2015: Estonian immersion in information literacy

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A report by Jane Secker, Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, on the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), which took place on 19-22 October, 2015, in Tallinn, Estonia. Two weeks ago, I attended the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), the third I have been fortunate enough to attend. ECIL 2015 was held in

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Determining the value of Information Literacy

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Stéphane Goldstein of InformAll provides an overview of the investigations and outcomes of the Determining the value of Information Literacy (DeVIL) project, which was funded by a CILIP Information Literacy Group research bursary. In an information-saturated, digital world, what are the benefits of employing people who are competent and confident in the way that they

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Information literacy takes a Viennese waltz!

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A report by the Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group, Jane Secker, on the Austrian National Libraries Conference (Österreichischen Bibliothekartag), held in Vienna on September 15-18, 2015. The conference was held at the University of Vienna, which is celebrating its 650th birthday, and attended by over 900 librarians. The theme of the conference roughly translated

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A canny conference: LILAC 2015

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Sam Aston, LILAC committee member and Teaching and Learning Librarian at the University of Manchester, provides a short summary of this year’s conference. The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) took place in Newcastle, or “The Toon” to those that live there, on April 8-10, 2015. Not only did we receive a very warm welcome from Newcastle

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IL Group at the CILIP Conference 2015

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This year’s CILIP Conference takes place on 2nd-3rd July in Liverpool, and representatives from the Information Literacy Group will be attending the conference and running a stand. One of the conference strands is devoted to Information Literacy, and the keynote speakers include: professor and author R. David Lankes; author, journalist and activist Cory Doctorow; and human rights

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