Location:  Manchester Metropolitan University New Business School: room 1.22. Near All Saints park   (off Oxford Rd)

Map & Directions:   map is available at: www2.mmu.ac.uk/media/mmuacuk/content/documents/howtofindus/mmu_maps_allsaints.pdf Business School is No 3. Directions can be found at: http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/travel/allsaints/

Date: Monday 13th May 2013   10.00 – 4pm (9.30 registration)

Cost: Free; refreshments (including lunch sponsored by the CILIP IL group) will be provided.

Booking:   A link to the booking form is available here:  http://www.nowal.ac.uk/training_and_development.php

Event outline: The CILIP Information Literacy Group are pleased to announce a joint training session with the NoWAL consortium on the theme of IL. The day includes an opportunity for librarians in the North West to hear from the winners of the Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year award. James Fraser, at Cumbria University, will be talking about the library’s work which led to Kim McGowan being named IL Practitioner of the year, and the runner up for this year’s award, Michelle Schneider will be presenting about the Leeds@Library pages which won the 2012 Credo Reference Digital Award for IL.

Alongside the practitioner talks are two talks that proved hugely popular at this year’s LILAC: Antony Osborne talking about the work done with nursing students at Huddersfield University and Rosie Jones discussing the wider remit of the University of Manchester’s Learning Commons. Throughout the day there will be the chance to discuss good practice with other delegates and reflect upon bringing the work done elsewhere back to your home institutions. The day will also provide an important networking opportunity and a chance to explore the feasibility for future collaborative working partnerships.

Itinerary:

• Introduction & IL ice-breaker (Emily Shields, Deputy Library Services Manager, MMU)
• IL scene-setting and the MMU Perspective (David Matthews, Library Services Manager, MMU)
• Leeds@Library webpages (Michelle Schneider, Academic Skills Development Officer, Leeds University)
• Learning from the learners: the student voice in information literacy (Antony Osborne, Academic Librarian, University of Huddersfield)
• Group discussion, flipchart activity concerning IL good practice (Emily Shields, MMU)
• The work behind the IL Practitioner of the year award (James Fraser, Senior Learning Adviser, University of Cumbria)
• Supporting research online@MMU: Information Literacy, Digital Literacy and Employability themes (Nicola Beck, Senior Assistant Librarian, MMU)
• Not just a pretty face: putting the learning into the Learning Commons (Rosie Jones, Learning Commons Development Manager, University of Manchester)
• Plenary & close (David Matthews, MMU)

As a result of attending this session participants will have a greater understanding of how information literacy is pursued from different perspectives and universities and have some tips, good practice and ideas to take back to their own institution.

Who should attend: Library staff involved in teaching information literacy or digital literacy and anyone with an interest in this topic

BOOKING: Please discuss with your line manager at your home institution before completing the IL Group IL session form and returning it to:  Jayne Evans j.e.h.evans@mmu.ac.uk to book your place.

The CILIP Information Literacy Group are pleased to announce that the presentations from LILAC 2013 are now available.  We hope you have fun reading them. Let us know how they influence your work.

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is delighted to announce a sponsored place for the CILIP Umbrella Conference, (Hash tag: #UB13) taking place at Manchester University on 2-3 July 2013.

CILIP is providing a bursary place for a CILIP IL Group member consisting of a complimentary place on both days of the conference, as well as one nights’ accommodation at George Kenyon Hall on Tuesday 2 July and attendance to the drinks reception at The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI). The CILIP IL Group is supplementing this place with an extra nights accommodation (if required), a conference dinner ticket and up to £150 to help with travel costs. (receipts will be required) Please note, only members of the CILIP IL Group are entitled to apply.

Candidates will need to write a 400-800 word personal statement expressing why they wish to attend.

Guidelines for writing your personal statement:

When considering the following criteria, bear in mind that points 3-5 are particularly important.

1. Your personal statement should be 400-800 words

2. Your application should be clearly presented and a formal expression of why you wish to attend the conference.

3. You should reflect on what you think will be the specific benefits/knowledge that you hope to gain from attending the conference.

4. You should reflect on what you think you will learn and how this new knowledge will help with your professional information literacy development or how you intend to use your conference experience on returning to your home institution (e.g. how it will link back to your role.)

5. Have you shown your commitment to information literacy?

6. Explain why you need funding and/or your institution cannot pay for you to attend the conference?

7. Understand that as part of the funding conditions you will need to promote the sponsorship of the group and produce a report for the Information Literacy Group within two months of the event. This will be published on the Information Literacy Group website and may also be submitted to the Journal of Information Literacy if appropriate.

The closing date for statements will be Wednesday 17th April (5pm) and the successful applicant will be informed by Monday 22nd April. (We need to make sure the successful applicant has booked their place by 26th April.)

Queries and completed personal statements should be sent to: cilipilg@gmail.com.

Please note that throughout the year the IL Group offers sponsorship of up to £400 for individuals whose organisations are not in a position to pay for attendance at information literacy events, e.g. training days, conferences. If you wanted more information on how to apply for such sponsorship please email cilipilg@gmail.com.

Regards

Lisa and Emily

CILIP IL Group Training Officers.

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is proud to offer an award for achievement in the field of information literacy.  The award is open to individuals working in the information literacy arena, and in any sector, within the United Kingdom.

The 2013 winner is Kim McGowan

Kim was recognised for an impressive body of work which has raised the profile of IL at University of Cumbria. The judges praised her provision of superb student support and her sheer enthusiasm and commitment to her IL role. Kim’s innovative projects include the TICKLIST web evaluation tool and an e-learning, pre-induction, credit bearing module to aid student transition.

The runner-up was Michelle Schneider

Michelle was rewarded for her outstanding contribution to the innovative Skills@Library team at University of Leeds including her work on high impact projects in areas such as digital literacy, plagiarism and lecturer support. The judges admired the range and depth of her activities and her impressive national profile.

Many congratulations to both!

The other nominees were:

• Moira Bent (Faculty Liaison Librarian, Newcastle University)
• John Crawford (Independent Libraries Professional) & Christine Irving (Freelance Information Professional). Joint nomination.
• Nancy Graham (Subject Advisor, University of Birmingham)
• Christine Irving (Freelance Information Professional)
• Sheila Webber (Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Information Literacy Research, University of Sheffield)

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is pleased to announce for the second year running an award for innovation in digital resources for information literacy, generously sponsored by Credo Reference.  This award recognises an individual or group who develop the best new digital resource for promoting information literacy.  The winner receives £500 for personal use and £500 for their nominated charity.

The 2013 winner is:

The Open University Library’s Digital and information literacy (DIL) framework & Being Digital site (Jo Parker, Katharine Reedy, Kirsty Baker, Natasha Huckle and Matthew Taylor).  Click here to see accompanying Digital Facilitation Cards

Many congratulations!

The judges also highly commended:

The Final Chapter: the undergraduate research project guide (Sally Dalton and Skills@Library, University of Leeds)

Engage: Social Media Michaelmas (Elizabeth McCarthy, Kate Lindsay and Stephen Eyre, IT Services & Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)

The other nominees were:

BIALL Legal Information Literacy Statement (BIALL Working Group on Legal Information Literacy: Emily Albon, Ruth Bird, Natasha Choolhun, Peter Clinch, Tracey Dennis, Julie Ferris, Kathy Jacob and Loyita Worley)

Cass Library Certification Programme (Carolyn Smith, City University, London)
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The Finding Company Information App (Jacqui Gaul and Carolyn Smith, City University, London)

Flying Start Project (Skills@Library, University of Leeds)

succeed@Solent (Helen Capstick, Carina Buckley, Roger Emery, Christina Ryan, Kathryn Ballard, Julie Kingstone and Hannah Young, Southampton Solent University)

What is Information Literacy? (video) (Vicky Grant and Amy Collins, University of Sheffield)

The purpose of the Student Sponsored Award is to enable two students to attend LILAC.  The award consists of full conference registration, travel and accommodation expenses.

The 2013 winners were:

Darren Flynn – Darren is a Senior Library Assistant at Manchester Metropolitan University and  is currently enrolled on a full-time 1-year Library and Information Management course at MMU.

Roisin Cassidy – Roisin is a recent Graduate Trainee at the Edward Boyle Library, University of Leeds and is currently studying part-time on the MA Librarianship course at the University of Sheffield.

Congratulations both!

The CILIP Information Literacy group is holding its first AGM at LILAC 2013.  All members of the group are invited to attend it.

CILIP Information Literacy Group: Annual General Meeting 2013

Date: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Time: 1.05 – 2 pm
Venue: Eats Restaurant, University Place, Manchester University

Agenda

1. Welcome to first AGM of the Specialist Interest Group on Information Literacy by Debbi Angell (Current Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy group Committee).
2. Receive the Annual Report of the Special Interest Group Committee from Debbi Angell.
3. Receive the Special Interest Group accounts and the report on the accounts from the independent examiners from Emily Shields (Treasurer).
4. Appoint the independent examiners for the following year.
5. Receive the names of the Special Interest Group Officers from Debbi Angell.
6. Consider any motions put to the AGM in accordance with due process: None received.
7. Confirm the fee to be paid by Subscribing Members who are not members of CILIP in the ensuing year.  The Membership Secretary and Treasurer recommend for 2014 that the fee is £10.

The agenda, Annual report, Treasurers report and job roles are available on Google drive.

The Journal of Information Literacy (JIL) is looking to recruit a Digital Communications Officer to their editorial team. JIL is a successful peer reviewed journal that disseminates articles on practical, technological or philosophical issues in relation to information literacy. The editorial team wishes to reach a wider audience both within and external to librarianship and are seeking an enthusiastic person who will develop innovative strategies to further raise the profile of JIL.

The role description is available JIL Digital Communications Officer JD. If you would like to be considered for this role, which is in a voluntary capacity, please send a brief personal statement (no more than 500 words) indicating your ability to undertake the activities listed in the job description. Please send this personal statement, together with a CV, to the Managing Editor, Cathie Jackson, at JacksonCM@ cardiff.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is Thursday 7 March.