Facilitating and supporting Information Literacy (IL) activities and training for Public Library staff and users is one of the main themes for the Welsh Information Literacy Project (WILP) in Phase III. You can find out more about the previous project Phases here, including the development of an IL Framework for Wales and accredited training units [...]

The RIN has brought together a coalition of partners to promote the value of information and digital literacies for academic researchers, and to enable activities which help to advance relevant knowledge, understanding and skills. This coalition is called the Research, Information and Digital Literacies Coalition, or RIDL’s. Details about the initiative, including regular updates on [...]

by Rebecca Mogg – Membership Officer I was offered the opportunity to attend this one day conference at Birmingham City University on 19 March and help out on the CSG Information Literacy Group stand during lunch and coffee. A great deal for me as I got to sit on most of the presentations at this [...]

Public libraries are helping those who feel digitally excluded online. In November 2010 the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) signed up to the government’s Race Online 2012 campaign which aims aims to help everyone in the UK access and use the Internet.  As part of this a pilot is being run to train Library staff [...]

For those of you, who like me missed the announcement – RIN commissioned and published earlier this month a report on “The role of research supervisors in information literacy”.  The report highlights that research students are consistent in looking to their supervisor as a source of information and guidance.   In addition research supervisors’ practice in supporting [...]

Bridging the Divide – Information Literacy: the forgotten link is an independent research project that aims to produce an online teaching resources toolkit and a framework for good practice that bridges the divide between school and university.  It is being conducted by:- Jackie Dunn– Senior Library Assistant (Arts and Humanities), Robinson Library, Newcastle University Ann-Marie [...]

An Information Literacy Development Officer for Wales, funded by CyMAL and hosted by Cardiff University, is now taking forward the development of an Information Literacy framework for Wales, under the guidance of a cross-sectoral steering group. For the latest progress, visit the Welsh Information Literacy Project webiste.

The HEA/JISC funded DELILA (Developing Educators Learning and Information Literacies for Accreditation) project brings together library staff and HEA accredited course leaders at the LSE and the University of Birmingham to adapt and make openly available digital and information literacy teaching material to support teachers on HEA accredited programmes. The project will focus on converting [...]