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The Annual General Meeting of the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) will take place online on Wednesday 21st May at 12pm using Teams. The group’s Annual Report for 2024/25 will be formally presented at the meeting. Date: Wednesday, May 21st Time: 12.00 midday (BST) Venue: Online, Teams Attendance at the AGM is free and is
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Thank you to TDNet for contributing this blog post. The Information Literacy Challenge We live in a time of unprecedented information access and complexity. The digital information ecosystem has become increasingly difficult to navigate for researchers, professionals, and students across every domain. Despite a wealth of meticulously researched scholarly publications and other trusted sources, the
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JIL are happy to announce the shortlist for the 2023-2024 Ross Todd Award for Outstanding Research. Congratulations to all of the nominees, and we hope you enjoy reading their articles! About the award: The Ross Todd Award for Outstanding Research is a biennial award designed to recognise research that has been published in the Journal
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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
Academic Publishing Supporting Information Literacy: Facet Publishing at LILAC 2025 Read More »
The ILG are delighted to announce an upcoming event, with an opportunity to get involved! On April 1st, from 3-4:30pm, we will be running an event covering AI and higher education teaching. Generative artificial intelligence has become a massive talking point in universities and higher education, and this event will be an opportunity for Librarians to
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By Katie Smith, Information Literacy Group Health Sector Representative. __________________________________________________________ Our favourite models for appraising health information and the best times to use them. Many health information professionals will deliver sessions on appraising health information and we’ll probably use a nifty, memorable mnemonic or two. Demonstrating a checklist to appraise health information can be a
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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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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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Andrew K. Shenton’s latest paper in the Journal of Information Literacy, “The Early Development of Information Literacy Instruction for Young People as Revealed by Six Volumes” explores the history of Information Literacy in school-aged children. Here, Andrew talks to us about the process of writing this paper and the research undertaken. You can read Andrew’s
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