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Lacking LILAC inspiration? We’re here to help!

Want to submit an abstract for LILAC but lacking inspiration? Fear not! ILG’s committee members have gathered their thoughts and produced a list of topics to choose from. Take your pick, and remember we are also peer-reviewing abstracts this year! General Cross-sector collaboration, e.g. health libraries partnering with public libraries for health information literacy initiatives. […]

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LILAC 2024 report

One of the LILAC bursary winners, Zoe Johnson, Subject Librarian from University of Huddersfield, shares her LILAC experience. I recently had a day at the information literacy (LILAC Conference) which was a great opportunity to catch up with old colleagues (Jess, Penny, Nic and Andrew). I attended two interesting talks from the current AHRC-RLUK Professional Practice Fellows, one

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EBSCO Information Services Defines Guiding Principles for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence

As LILAC 2024 draws closer, we have asked all the event sponsors to write a guest post and tell us about their contribution to information literacy. Our full list of LILAC sponsors can be seen at this link.  Generative artificial intelligence (AI) stands poised to revolutionize various industries, including the library sector. As EBSCO explores

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Facet Publishing: Academic Publishing Supporting Information Literacy

As LILAC 2024 approaches, we have invited the event sponsors to write a guest post and tell us about their contribution to information literacy. Our full list of LILAC sponsors can be seen at this link. In 2018, CILIP provided a concise yet comprehensive definition of Information Literacy as “the ability to think critically and make

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Enhancing Information Literacy: Keenious’ Edge in Academic Exploration

As LILAC 2024 approaches, we are giving our event sponsors the opportunity to write a guest post and contribute to the current conversations in information literacy. Our full list of LILAC sponsors can be seen at this link. First up are Aislinn Marmion and Jakob Aure from Keenious, who have written about how Keenious can

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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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2024 Information Literacy Award – Student Award

There’s still time to make a nomination for the 2024 Information Literacy Award and apply for the Student Award. Information Literacy Award The CILIP Information Literacy Group and the Information School at the University of Sheffield are proud to offer an award for achievement in the field of information literacy (IL). The award is open

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