Workshops

Book now for Librarians as Teachers event in Birmingham

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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Free Library TeachMeet at Staffordshire University

Staffordshire University Library are hosting a free Library TeachMeet event on the theme of “Resource Discovery: Enhancing the User Experience” on Thursday, 19th March, 2015. The event, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, offers a great opportunity to share new ideas with colleagues from other institutions. Participants should be prepared to think creatively, discuss enthusiastically and leave inspired. Event: Resource Discovery: Enhancing the

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Event review: “Information, Digital Literacies & the Researcher”

With thanks to Allison Jones from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David for this post. The inaugural joint Great Western Four (GW4) , WHELF  and Cardiff University Libraries event  was opened with the following statement from Janet Peters, Director at Cardiff University, “72% of students are engaged with library staff but with the researcher

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Free workshop on “Developing a Blended Learning Skills Programme”

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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Blended learning programme design workshop – 15/12/14

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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Critical literacy for school librarians: 25th November (afternoon), Manchester Metropolitan University

Sarah Mcnicol will be running a free, half day workshop, 1300-1600, at Manchester Metropolitan University, on critical literacy for school librarians. Critical literacy has been described as a ‘new basic’. It is a set of skills, dispositions and strategies intended to enable students “to challenge text and life as we know it” (McLaughlin & DeVoogd).

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Free Open Educational Resources event in Cardiff

CoPILOT (Community of Practice for Information Literacy Online Teaching) are now taking bookings for a free workshop on Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Cardiff on November 24th. Event: CoPILOT workshop on Open Educational Resources (OERs) When: Monday, November 24th, 2014, 09:00-16:00 Where: Cardiff University , Sir Martin Evans Building, Cathays Park Campus The aim of the day is

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Staffordshire University to host free Digital Literacy event

Staffordshire University is to host a free Library TeachMeet event, sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group, with the aim of sharing how to incorporate digital literacy into teaching and learning. Event: Staffordshire University Digital Literacy Library TeachMeet – Sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group Where: Alfred Bolton Room, Thompson Library, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, ST4

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Free information literacy event for School and FE librarians

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is to provide a free training event for the sharing of good information and digital literacy practice for librarians and information professionals working in school and Further Education settings. Event: Active IL in the classroom: Info Lit workshop and TeachMeet for schools and FE Where: Library of Birmingham When: Monday,

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