What is your role in the Committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? I joined in August 2025. Although I have worked in libraries for 25 years, I only recently moved into a professional librarian role in February 2024. I have taken […]
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What is your role in the committee? I am a member of the ILG New Professionals sub-committee. When did you join and why? I joined in August 2025. I was first introduced to the concept of ‘information literacy’ during my master’s degree and was fortunate enough to attend LILAC on a student bursary which was
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What is your role in the Committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? I joined in August 2025. In my role, I teach information literacy to undergraduates and postgraduates at a university, and I am particularly interested in how students interact with
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What is your role in the committee? I am a new member of the Information Literacy Group Sub-Committee for New Professionals. Joining from the academic libraries sector. When did you join and why? I completed my MA and Library and Information studies from Aberystwyth University in 2020. My background is in the visual arts, and
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What is your role in the Committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? As much of my day-to-day work involves delivering information literacy training to clinical staff, I have become particularly interested in information literacy, and health literacy in particular. This has
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What is your role in the committee? I am a member of the Information Literacy Group’s sub-committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? I have only recently joined the ILG New Professionals Committee, in May 2024. Last year, I was able to attend the 2023 LILAC conference in Cambridge. I enjoyed engaging
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In this post, Information Literacy Group Co-Chair Laura Woods shared some reflections on the half-way point of the 50th year or Information Literacy. As anyone who has been admiring our lovely 50 Years of IL logo at the top of this site will know, 2024 marks 50 years since the coining of the term “Information
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What is your role in the committee? I am a new member of the ILG New Professionals Sub-committee. When did you join and why? I joined at the end of 2023. My previous career was as a primary teacher, where I championed information literacy against a fast-evolving internet that offered ‘cut and paste’ homework authored
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What is your role on the committee? I am a member of the ILG Sub-Committee for New Professionals. When did you join and why? As a New Professional in the industry, I’m always looking for new ways to meet other information professionals, and combined with my passion for Information Literacy, this role was perfect! I
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What is your role in the committee? I am a new member of the ILG New Professionals Sub-committee. I am still getting settled but I am hoping to update the information in the New Professionals web page and help the rest of the committee members with anything and everything! When did you join and why? I joined
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