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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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Changing my Mind: Additional Reflections on the Impact and Design of the English Library Instruction Pilot (ELIP)

Changing my Mind: Additional Reflections on the Impact and Design of the English Library Instruction Pilot (ELIP)

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

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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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JIL at 50: Celebrating IL’s milestone anniversary!

Alison Hicks talks us through the Journal of Information Literacy’s 50 year celebration if Information Literacy. I’m pleased to announce that the Journal of Information Literacy has joined the Information Literacy Group and the New Professionals Group in celebrating fifty years of information literacy with the publication of its newest special issue! Over a year

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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.

Publishing opportunity: LILAC conference reports in the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL)

Submitted by Meg Westbury, the Managing Editor of the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL). Are you attending LILAC in April 2024?  If so, please consider submitting a conference report to the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL). JIL publishes conference reports for many different IL conferences, and LILAC is always an important one to cover! Conference

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Exciting opportunity at the Journal of Information Literacy

The Journal of Information Literacy (JIL), is looking to appoint a new Managing Editor. The Managing Editor works closely with the Editor-in-Chief to ensure the continuing success of the journal by leading the administration of the peer review process, coordinating publication schedules, and managing the operations of the editorial team.

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Writing about Information Literacy: JIL for New Professionals webinar

Back in November, Alison Hicks (Editor in chief) and Meg Westbury (Managing Editor) from the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) kindly delivered a webinar for the ILG New Professionals Sub-Committee. The aim was to encourage new (and seasoned) professionals to dip their toes into writing for publication on IL topics and projects. Alison talked through

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New issue of Journal of Information Literacy released

A brand-new issue of the Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) is out this week: Vol. 17, No. 2 (2023). It’s fully open access, so you can browse all the research articles, project reports, and book reviews. Editor-in-Chief, Alison Hicks, introduces the issue, and explains the need for information literacy to explore new approaches: Stay in our lane?

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