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Information Literacy at 50

In this post, Jane Secker reflects on Paul Zurkowski’s legacy in the world of Information literacy, and how we can look forward to the future. In 1974 Paul Zurkowski the president of the American Information Industry Association coined the term ‘information literacy’ in a report he wrote entitled ‘The Information Service Environment: Services and Priorities‘.  …

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The logo for the LILAC 2024 conference. The logo says 2024 Leeds but the number 0 is replaced with an image of an owl. A number of Leeds Beckett University’s constituent colleges at various times during their history featured the owl as their emblem, this included the City of Leeds Training College, the original occupants of Headingley Campus. Below 2024 Leeds it says LILAC: the information literacy conference. The logo is the colour lilac.

LILAC 2024 – Bursaries Available!

LILAC 2024 bursaries available – apply now for full conference and day delegate places! Applications are now open for the LILAC 2024 conference bursaries. LILAC: The Information Literacy Conference will take place from 25–27 March 2024 at Leeds Beckett University. This year, we are pleased to announce the introduction of a new ‘Local to LILAC’ …

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Take part in the Information Literacy Group Survey 2023

What do you think of the Information Literacy Group? What would you like to see from us in terms of events, resources, communications, and other support for information literacy practitioners? We’d like to hear from any of our supporters, whether you are ILG members or not, and wherever in the world you are. Please take …

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Information Literacy Group

Reminder: Vacancy on the CILIP Information Literacy Group Committee: Training Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the CILIP Information Literacy Group committee as our new Training Officer. Applicants should have experience of committee work (not necessarily with CILIP), and be based in the UK. Please consult the Training Officer role description for more details on what is involved. Please note that this is a voluntary position, and there is …

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Information Literacy Group

Vacancy on the CILIP Information Literacy Group Committee: Training Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the CILIP Information Literacy Group committee as our new Training Officer. Applicants should have experience of committee work (not necessarily with CILIP), and be based in the UK. Please consult the Training Officer role description for more details on what is involved. Please note that this is a voluntary position, and there is …

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Sharing information literacy teaching materials as open educational resources

This post has been written by the Information Literacy Group’s Chair, Jane Secker. In the last few months there has been a resurgence of interest from the academic community in open educational resources (OERs), which are teaching resources shared with an open licence. No doubt this is partly prompted by the pandemic as lecturers and …

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NHS Librarians’ responses to COVID-19

In this guest blog post, Pip Divall talks about the responses of NHS Librarians to COVID-19. Pip is the Clinical Librarian Service Manager at UHL NHS Trust and the Health Sector Rep for the Information Literacy Group. Like the rest of the world, health librarians and information professionals have been dealing with huge unknowns. The …

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