This year’s CILIP Conference takes place on 2nd-3rd July in Liverpool, and representatives from the Information Literacy Group will be attending the conference and running a stand. One of the conference strands is devoted to Information Literacy, and the keynote speakers include: professor and author R. David Lankes; author, journalist and activist Cory Doctorow; and human rights […]
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The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has been working hard for the past few years alongside media and information professionals to develop frameworks for media and information literacy (MIL), and they are a fascinating organisation to work with. The CILIP Information Literacy Group and its CoPILOT sub-group were lucky enough to be
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Emma Woods, CILIP IL Group Marketing Officer and an Information Consultant at Royal Holloway, gives her thoughts on the Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme workshop, held at CILIP on 26th March 2015. This workshop was organised by the CILIP IL Group and run by Jade Kelsall and Jennie Blake from the University of Manchester.
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ARLG West Midlands and CILIP West Midlands Member Network invite you to attend their joint one-day conference, “Librarians as Teachers”, on June 10, 2015 at Conference Aston in Birmingham. The event, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, will feature are a range of speakers from across the sectors, including HE, FE, Schools and Health
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Applications are now welcome for an exciting new “Pedagogy for librarians” residential course taking place in June 2015, with places heavily subsidised by the CILIP Information Literacy Group. What is it? An immersive and intensive five-day course, taking place from June 1st to 5th, 2015 at Northern College (a former stately home, Wentworth Castle) in South Yorkshire. Applications are now
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CILIP Debate: This House believes that the role of the librarian should be that of teacher On 10 February 2015, the CILIP Information Literacy Group hosted a lively debate at the Library of Birmingham, chaired by Jane Secker, Chair of the IL Group. The speakers for the motion, Emma Coonan and Geoff Walton, and speakers against the motion,
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Join us on Tuesday, 10th February at the Library of Birmingham, where the CILIP Information Literacy Group will be hosting the next CILIP Debate: ‘This house believes that the role of Librarian should be that of Teacher’. The debate will be chaired by Dr Jane Secker, and the debaters include: Darren Smart, Policy & Advocacy Officer, CILIP Public
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The CILIP Information Literacy Group is sponsoring a one-day event in London on developing a blended learning skills programme, and it’s free for IL Group members! Following an excellent event in Manchester, the Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme workshop is being repeated at CILIP in London. The event will be run by Jennie Blake and Jade Kelsall
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Digital Literacy – librarians, staff and students – where are we now? Are we supporting our own and the digital literacy of users as technology and education moves forward apace? In the morning, Charlie Inskip (Department of Information Studies, UCL) will give us an overview on evolving digital literacy competencies, and Sally Patalong (Coventry University)
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Workshop: Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme Venue: Alan Gilbert Learning Commons, University of Manchester Date: Monday 15th December, 2014 This event was run by Jennie Blake and Jade Kelsall from the University of Manchester Library, home of the award-winning My Learning Essentials programme. View the Storify from the day. We started with an overview
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