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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Calling all Library New Professionals! This month, we’re launching another Randomised Coffee Trial for new professionals to meet and share information literacy experiences. This is available for any current students or recent graduates of library courses, apprenticeships or anyone new to a library job (less than 5 years experience) in all library sectors. What is
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The ILG New Professionals Sub-committee will have an even greater presence at LILAC 2023 and we hope to meet lots of other new professionals, especially those who might be attending LILAC for the first time. We will have a stand at the conference and will be organising a meet up for new professionals in the
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The first episode of Chatting Info Lit is available to listen to now! In our first episode, Ella Wharton (University of Nottingham) chats to Katie Wise (Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust), about the importance of health literacy. Katie also talks about Conversations of Care, a communication training project developed at Royal Berkshire Hospital. Other topics
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The ILG New Professionals Sub-Committee presents: ‘Chatting Info Lit‘, a brand-new podcast series. We will be inviting both new and experienced professionals across multiple LIS sectors to hear about their exciting information literacy projects and to find out what information literacy means to them. We will also be exploring the experience of being a new
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What is your role in the committee? I joined the New Professionals Sub-committee this past summer, coming to it from an academic librarianship perspective. The main thing I’m working on at the moment is Chatting Info Lit, the sub-committee’s podcast series for new professionals. I’ve been editing the first episode, as well as producing some
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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 September 2022, primarily to get more involved in the LIS community and meet other new professionals with an interest in Information Literacy. Teaching information literacy skills is my favourite
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What is your role in the committee? I am one of the new members of the ILG New Professionals Sub-committee. When did you join and why? I have always loved the topic of information literacy, and during the pandemic, I found the ILG website a really helpful location for finding resources while I was settling
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