Category: Information Literacy

Presenting and Learning at LILAC

I attended the LILAC 2023 conference, held in Cambridge this April, where I presented my Skill Tree poster and saw some thought-provoking presentations and discussions. This was only my second ever conference and my first time presenting. It was a lovely to talk with other librarians, not only about my project, but about other aspects…Continue Reading Presenting and Learning at LILAC

An Information Literacy Skill Tree – My Poster Presentation for LILAC 2023

Over recent weeks I have been working on my poster presentation for the upcoming LILAC conference in Cambridge. Below you can find the abstract for the presentation if you’d like to find out more about what I am doing. Abstract At City, University of London it has been observed that Information literacy is not a…Continue Reading An Information Literacy Skill Tree – My Poster Presentation for LILAC 2023

LILAC conference – my top four sessions

As Hilary mentioned in her recent blog on LILAC, I also attended the conference in April, at the lovely campus of the University of Nottingham. It was the first conference I’ve attended that wasn’t law librarian-focused, and it was an opportunity for me to hear some interesting sessions and pick up some useful tips on…Continue Reading LILAC conference – my top four sessions

5 ideas for researcher support I picked up at LILAC

In April, Tom and I headed up to Nottingham for LILAC: The Information Literacy Conference. The venue for the conference was the University of Nottingham (see right for a photo of the Keighton Auditorium where the keynote speeches took place). One of the my main aims for the conference was to pick up ideas for…Continue Reading 5 ideas for researcher support I picked up at LILAC

Focus groups with CityLIS students

LibGuides is an easy to use content management system which is used by City, University of London Library Services and  libraries across the world to create small websites which are called ‘guides’.  LibGuides is owned by a company called Springshare and is part of a suite of products called LibApps, this includes LibCal (used to…Continue Reading Focus groups with CityLIS students

The Launch of the Library Journal Club

On Valentine’s Day this year staff expressed their love of learning by attending the Library Journal Club, a new monthly group founded by Arts Subject Librarian Alex Asman. The aim of the club is to read and discuss peer reviewed articles from the library and information science field, with a view to introducing new ideas…Continue Reading The Launch of the Library Journal Club

Reflections on LILAC 2017

I was fortunate this year to have the opportunity to attend LILAC 2017 in Swansea in April.  LILAC is the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference which is a 3 day event which attracts national and international delegates.  There are keynotes, workshops, presentations  and networking opportunities on  many different aspects of information literacy. In my free time, …Continue Reading Reflections on LILAC 2017

3 things I learned at BLA 2016

In July I attended the 60th annual Business Librarian’s Association conference at Imperial College London. Unlike last year’s annual conference in Liverpool where we stayed in the dizzying heights of the Liverpool Hilton, this year we found out how Imperial College students live in the student accommodation. The answer?  Small, but really close to Hyde…Continue Reading 3 things I learned at BLA 2016

Measuring Value Conference at Birmingham City University, 4th May 2016

On May the Fourth, a day when the Force was with me at times, I ventured up to Birmingham for an Information Literacy conference at Birmingham City University.  The day didn’t start too well as I got lost trying to get out of Birmingham New Street station.  Back when I was a student in Birmingham,…Continue Reading Measuring Value Conference at Birmingham City University, 4th May 2016