The Information Literacy Group is excited to announce that we are recruiting for a host of new team members! We are looking for new members to add to our Communications team, our Events team, and our New Professionals sub-committee. These groups provide essential support to the aims and objectives of the Information Literacy Group, and […]
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The Annual General Meeting of the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) will take place online on Tuesday 9th June at 12pm using Teams. The group’s Annual Report for 2025/26 will be formally presented at the meeting. Date: Tuesday 9th June Time: 12:00-13:30pm (BST) Venue: Online, Teams Attendance at the AGM is free and is open
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The next blog in our Top Tips for Health Teaching series considers critical appraisal training. This was one of the presentations at our Knowledge Sharing Workshop event in September 2025, entitled “How I shed my armbands and began to enjoy swimming in the critical appraisal activities pool!” and outlines the experiences of Sarah Gardner, Clinical
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This post has been written for the Information Literacy Group website by Andrew K. Shenton. You can read Andrew’s latest article in the Journal of Information Literacy here. Over the last thirty years, I have undertaken various projects that have led to the development of models of information behaviour. Many have concentrated on children and
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The Information Literacy Group (ILG) supports the statement issued by the Media and Information Literacy Alliance (MILA) and welcomes the publication of the National Curriculum Review, and is encouraged to see the increased emphasis on applied knowledge areas, particularly digital literacy and media literacy. These areas are vital for young people to develop the skills
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The Information Literacy Group and the LILAC committee were devastated to hear of the passing of our friend and colleague, Elaine, earlier this month. Elaine joined ILG in 2015, acting as the group Treasurer and also serving on the LILAC Committee. She had been convinced to join ILG by Rosie Jones, who knew Elaine’s talent,
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Thank you to Facet Publishing for contributing this blog post. Information Literacy is a critical skill in today’s fast-paced digital world. CILIP defines it as “the ability to think critically and make balanced judgments about any information we find and use. It empowers us as citizens to reach and express informed views and to engage
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In this post, Amy McLay Paterson, Benjamin Mitchell, Stirling Prentice, and Elizabeth Rennie share their additional reflections on their article recently published in the Journal of Information Literacy. There’s no denying that ELIP was structured at least partially as a compromise. Our goal was, of course, a full-semester course in library research. The myriad problems
In this blog post Laura Woods, co-Chair of the Information Literacy Group, reflects on the current political climate and what this means for information literacy. This blog represents Laura’s personal views on the topic. ______________________________________________________________ Happy New Year to the information literacy community! January is traditionally a time for reflecting on the past, and looking
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Haven’t been able to make it to our recent events? Don’t worry, you can catch up on our recent ILG events from the past few months here! ‘Information as a Discipline: what’s the difference?’ On Thursday 24th of October, the ILG hosted ‘Information as a Discipline: what’s the difference’, In this event, we heard from
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