ILG New Professionals Sub-Committee

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Meet the Committee: Emma Brown

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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Léa Watson

Meet the committee – Léa Watson

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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Introducing the ILG New Professionals – Ana Williams

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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Introducing the ILG New Professionals – Ellie Sheppard

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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Introducing the ILG New Professionals – Eva Garcia Grau

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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Join the Randomised Coffee Trial for New Professionals!

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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Episode One – Chatting Info Lit

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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