Research

Research

Funding opportunity for IL research

Do you have an information literacy research idea in mind and need some funding to make it happen? The CILIP Information Literacy Group provides funds of up to £10,000 per proposal for high quality research through an annual bursary scheme. This funding is to support practitioners (who are IL Group members) in producing well-framed research. We are […]

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Research

Exciting opportunity for PhD scholarship on IL teaching

The University Library at the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) has received funding for a four-year PhD scholarship position to carry out research on information literacy teaching, and is now seeking candidates for this exciting opportunity. The University Library at the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway is

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Book now for Debates conference on social media and information literacy

The first Debates (Digital dE-BiAsing Techniques for an Engaged Society) conference, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group and InformALL, will take place on 18th May, 2016, at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. The conference costs £50 for CILIP IL Group members, and £80 for other delegates. The overall topic of the one-day conference is the issue of negative behaviours

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Response to Ernesto Priego’s blog post “A Library is Not a Library is Not a Library”

Ernesto Priego, @ernestopriego on Twitter, recently blogged (29th March 2016) about the closure of public libraries currently happening in the UK and how he thinks librarians are needed now more than ever before. That blog post has been reposted on this site with permission. The original post can be found at: https://epriego.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/a-library-is-not-a-library-is-not-a-library/ . Jane Secker, chair

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New projects being funded by ILG bursaries

The CILIP  Information Literacy Group is delighted to announce that we have funded a number of new innovative and exciting research projects – see below. Also note that the next call for project bids ends on 1st July. Please visit this website for more information: http://www.cilip.org.uk/information-literacy-group/sponsorship-and-bursaries Announcing new research projects for 2016… Prof Hazel Hall

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Journal of Information Literacy seeks new Managing Editor

The Journal of Information Literacy (JIL), the peer-reviewed open access journal published by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, is looking to appoint a new Managing Editor. This key role offers an excellent opportunity to support original information literacy research and to address the interests of diverse IL communities of practice. The role holder works closely

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Debates conference – call for papers deadline extended

The call for papers for the first Debates (Digital dE-BiAsing Techniques for an Engaged Society) conference has been extended, with a new closing date of Friday, 11th March, 2016. Sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, the event will take place on 18th May, 2016, at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. The overall topic of the one-day conference is the

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Debates conference on social media and information literacy

The first Debates (Digital dE-BiAsing Techniques for an Engaged Society) conference, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, will take place on 18th May, 2016, at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. The overall topic of the one-day conference is the issue of negative behaviours in online social media, and how these can be analysed and addressed by the research

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Call for papers: Special issue on Information Literacy: Library and Information Research

The Library and Information Research journal has put out a call for papers for a special issue of this journal focussing on strategic and policy making issues in information literacy, both in the UK and worldwide. It is due for publication in September – October 2016.  Please see the further details below.   CALL FOR

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An Estonian immersion in Information Literacy: a copyright geek reflects one month on

Chris Morrison, Copyright and Licensing Compliance Officer at the University of Kent, has very kindly allowed us to reproduce his excellent recent blog entry describing his reflections on this year’s European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), which took place on 19-22 October, 2015, in Tallinn, Estonia. In thinking how I might sum up my experiences of attending

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