information literacy

Information literacy in the digital archive: Empowering students to think critically and interrogate information

AM specialises in digitised primary sources and the technology that brings them to life for education and research. With AM you can search content from hundreds of published thematic databases, or manage, publish and share digital assets from your special collections to unlock their full research value. Learn more about AM.   In an age of […]

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Navigating the information wilderness with education and advanced technology

Navigating the Information Wilderness with Education and Advanced Technology

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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Ross Todd award shortlist 2023-2024 - with watercolour clouds and a hand holding a trophy

Shortlist: Ross Todd Award 2023-2024 (to be awarded in 2025)

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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Facet publishing: Academic publishing supporting Information Literacy

Academic Publishing Supporting Information Literacy: Facet Publishing at LILAC 2025

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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AI and higher education teaching - April 1st, 3pm-4:30pm

AI and Higher Education teaching

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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Are you talking CRAAP? Our favourite models for appraising health information and the best times to use them.

Are you talking CRAAP?

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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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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Three wishes for Information Literacy in 2025

Three wishes for information literacy in 2025

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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AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON INFORMATION LITERACY INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

An Historical Perspective on Information Literacy Instruction for Young People

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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