CILIP Information Literacy Group events for Global Media Info Literacy Week

 As part of UNESCO's Global Media and Information Literacy Week (24 – 31 October 2018), CILIP ILG is coordinating three events with Library and Information departments at three UK universities.

With free events taking place in London, Manchester and one led by IL CoP member, Jacqueline Geekie in Aberdeen, please join in for networking, lively discussions of the new CILIP Information Literacy definition and a range of talks, highlighting emerging directions for IL research and practice in a range of contexts.

1. Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018: Emerging directions for IL research and practice (UCL)https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2018-emerging-directions-for-il-research-and-practice-tickets-50526471035

UCL Department of Information Studies on Monday October 29th 2018 (6pm - 8pm).

A range of talks from Jane Secker, Charlie Inskip and recent UCL Library and Information Studies Masters' graduates, highlighting emerging directions for IL research and practice in a range of contexts.

2. MMU: Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018: Information literacy – an antidote to fake news? (MMU) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/copy-of-global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2018-information-literacy-an-antidote-to-fake-tickets-50745941477

Manchester Metropolitan iSchool on Thursday October 25th 2018 (5.30pm – 7.30pm).

Geoff Walton and guests will discuss the latest research which addresses this question.

3.  Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018: Digital competencies for digital citizenship: an emerging agenda for students, academics and libraries in partnership. (Aberdeen)https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-media-and-information-literacy-week-2018-digital-competencies-for-digital-citizenship-rgu-tickets-50950639735

N204 (Meeting Room) in Sir Ian Wood Building of Robert Gordon University on Wednesday 31st October (4.30 – 6pm).

Dina Martzoukou will talk on Digital competencies for digital citizenship and Jacqueline Geekie will share the New Definition of Information Literacy and the work of the Information Literacy Group.

CILIP ILG 

Posted by Jenny Foreman, Scottish Government Library

ECIL

The European Conference for Information Literacy (ECIL) is being held in Oulu, Finland this year. Monday 24^th – Thursday 27^th September.

Here’s the conference agenda. You’ll see there are a great variety of sessions, covering the main themes of health, education, research and libraries.

As far as I know only one of our IL CoP members, John Crawford, has made it to this remote part of Finland. A lot of very interesting tweeting happening on Twitter #ECIL2018 until we hear back from John.

@ECIL_2018 Official Twitter account of The 6th European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL). #ECIL2018 #UniOulu  ecil2018.ilconf.org 

Jenny Foreman, Scottish Government Library

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