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The Journal of Information Literacy is the international, peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal of CILIPβs Information Literacy Group. Our comms do not represent CILIP policy. https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/index #InfoLit #OpenAccess ππ
Applications are now open for the Rowena Macrae-Gibson Student Award, which provides a sponsored place at #LILAC26 for two students registered on a UK study programme in information/library studies or #infolit. Closing date 6 Feb (17:00 GMT).
The @infolitgroup.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk Department of Information Studies are proud to announce the return of the Information Literacy Award at #LILAC26 The award is open to all practitioners, researchers & academics working in #infolit in the UK. Nominations close 6 Feb (17:00 GMT).
Communications in Information Literacy 19(2) is now published: pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/comminfolit/
New project report:
Using Nuthallβs ideas to conceptualise and support childrenβs information needs.
Andrew Shenton offers a new model for understanding the information needs of children with recommendations for practitioners.
OA: doi.org/10.11645/19....
#InfoLit
Sounds like a useful Open Educational Resource:
Advanced Information Research Skills (AIRS)
#InfoLit #InformationLiteracy
Screencap of an article titled Are we ghosts in the machine? AI, agency, and the future of libraries with an Elsevier AI 'reading assistant' layered overtop of the article
Elsevier's 'reading assistant' appeared for the first time for me today, on this of all articles. π
New project report:
Teaching critical information literacy through popular culture: A media studies approach using the Oz texts.
Daniel Williford describes this approach which saw an increase in engagement and application of critical #InfoLit in practice.
OA: doi.org/10.11645/19....
#CritLib
Media & information literacy is vital for our democracy. Today we joined organisations & experts urging the Government to back curriculum reform with proper, ongoing funding for teachers & librarians. Schools need the resources to deliver meaningful media literacy. https://ow.ly/Ulks50XGcYs
New project report:
Reflection as a means to assess information literacy instruction.
Natalia Kapacinskas, Veronica Arellano Douglas, Erica Lopez and Mea Warren outline the development of a reflection-based evaluative process and a toolkit for #InfoLit programmes.
OA: doi.org/10.11645/19....
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Do you know someone who is an outstanding practitioner of Information Literacy?
Nominations for the 2026 #infolit award open in the new year, so it's a great time to start thinking about who you want to be recognised. Don't forget - individuals & teams can self-nominate or nominate others.
Sounds like a useful webinar!
Registration link below π
#InfoLit
Out now: Vol. 19, No. 2 (2025)
Editorial: Alison Hicks on silence in #InfoLit.
3 research articles: critical and workplace IL, service-learning, IL framework in schools.
5 project reports: reflection, pop culture, outreach, childrenβs IL, curriculum mapping.
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/issue/vi...
New research article:
Toward a coherent framework for school-based information literacy (IL): Delphi-based expert perspectives on competence and implementation.
Ivana MartinoviΔ reports on IL in Croatian schools and demonstrates the need for an IL framework.
OA: doi.org/10.11645/19....
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New Voices in Information Literacy (IL) Research
LIS graduates present their dissertation projects:
- IL education in UK public libraries
- How students identify and respond to AI hallucinations
- What makes physicians take charge? The role of IL
Free and online, 15 Dec 12:00-13:00 UTC
Registerπ
New research article:
Integrating service-learning into information literacy education: A case study from the Philippines
Ana Mae Cantel and Eun Youp Rha on how a service-learning approach enhances #InfoLit instruction for library and information science students.
OA: doi.org/10.11645/19....
The logo for the LILAC 2026 conference. The logo is circular with a white background, the circle has a lilac outline. All text within the circle is a lilac colour and all images are white with a lilac outline, to show detail. At the centre of the circle there are two female figures. They are stood facing forwards but looking in different directions. They are wearing overalls and boots. They both have a cloth hanging out of a pocket and the figure on the right has goggles on her forehead. They each have one arm around the other and their other hand is on their own hip. The figures are based on the Women of Steel bronze sculpture that commemorates the women of Sheffield who worked in the city's steel industry during the First World War and Second World War. It was created by the sculptor Martin Jennings. Above the figures are the words LILAC: The information literacy conference, below the figures is the word Sheffield - all words are in capital letters. To the left of the figures is the number 20 and to the right of the figures is the number 26.
Bookings for #LILAC26 are open π To find out more, and to secure your place, visit our website: buff.ly/2gyo3d4
We canβt wait to see you in Sheffield!
#infolit #digilit
For more on this topic, read Dijana Ε obotaβs 2023-2024 Ross Todd Award-winning article from volume 17, issue 1 (2023):
Critical workplace information literacy: Laying the groundwork for a new construct
Open Access: dx.doi.org/10.11645/17....
#InfoLit #CritLib π
New research article!
Mapping the core dimensions of information literacy in the critical and workplace domain: a thematic analysis
2023-24 Ross Todd Award winner Dijana Ε obota develops the critical workplace information literacy (CWIL) construct.
OA: doi.org/10.11645/19....
#InfoLit #CritLib
Really useful write up of this yearβs LILAC conference (annual library event about information literacy) by Ileana Thomson in the latest Journal of information literacy (OA) journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...
Congratulations @bookelf.bsky.social!
Out now: Vol. 19, No. 2 (2025)
Editorial: Alison Hicks on silence in #InfoLit.
3 research articles: critical and workplace IL, service-learning, IL framework in schools.
5 project reports: reflection, pop culture, outreach, childrenβs IL, curriculum mapping.
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/issue/vi...
Planning to work on your #LILAC26 submission this weekend? Take a look at the @jinfolit.bsky.social to see whatβs been happening in #infolit research & check out the LILAC archive to see how you can make your abstract original.
Really helpful webinar recording for anyone hoping to present at #LILAC26! #InfoLit
We are very pleased to announce that the #LILAC26 Call for Presentations is now open! Find out about the different types of presentation you can submit and how to submit on the #LILAC website: buff.ly/cICI5lk #infolit #digilit
The Journal of Information Literacy has announced a new special issue on information literacy and censorship- please consider submitting your work! Given political tensions, we will be permitting pseudonymous submissions. Please contact me or @bookelf.bsky.social with questions- DMs open!
Special Issue: Banned Words, Banned Knowledge: Information Literacy in a Censored Society
Call for Papers: The Journal of Information Literacy invites submissions related to #InfoLit and terms erased or banned by the US government.
Deadline: 1 June 2026
Info: journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/announce...
The LibParlor Podcast: SummerΒ Call!
The LibParlor Podcast seeks scholarship to feature on a future episode.
Out now: Vol. 19, No. 1 (2025)
Editorial: censorship in research and education. What does this mean for #InfoLit?
3 research articles: info preservation literacy, IL for autistic librarians and IL in Australian schools.
2 project reports
4 #LILAC25 reports
journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/issue/vi...
Thank you for writing for JIL, @ahaire.bsky.social!