Tuesday, March 26, 2013

LILAC Conference 25 -27 March

If you aren't attending this year's LILAC conference in Manchester you might wish to follow their twitter activies: #lilac13.

There will also be live streaming of keynote speaker presentations, further details are available here: http://www.lilacconference.com/WP/

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Learning from Recent British Information Literacy Models: A Report to ACRL's Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force

Find out about recent developments in Information Literacy Models in the UK in this brand new report by Justine Martin, Minnesota State University. It highlights and compares the work of 4 groups in the UK to create innovative guidelines to assist practitioners in the promotion and teaching of information literacy.
The models included in this study are:

 
·  ANCIL (A New Curriculum for Information Literacy)

 
·  SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) Seven Pillars of Information Literacy

 
·  National Information Literacy Framework Scotland (here after known as the Scottish framework)

 
·  Information Literacy Framework for Wales (here after known as the Welsh framework)
 
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Welcome!

Welcome to the Special Interest Group for Information Literacy (SIG IL) of IATUL.
 

We seek to promote collaboration and share best practice among IATUL members interested in Information Literacy (IL). The main focus is on methods and practice specific to an academic environment in Science and Technology (ST). If you want to find out more about the group, please visit our "about us" section.

This blog serves as a platform for news, emerging trends and activities regarding Information Literacy within IATUL libraries and beyond. Everybody interested in IL is welcome to join our group. Please contact us! 

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