Category: LILAC

Reflections on LILAC 2024

Introduction LILAC 2024 was held at Leeds Beckett University from 25th to the 27th of March. It was my first time at LILAC and I feel very lucky to have been invited to enjoy three days of fascinating lectures and workshops, meeting people from across the UK and beyond, and exploring the beautiful city of…Continue Reading Reflections on LILAC 2024

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

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

LILAC 2016: Leabharlannan, Learning & Leprechauns

Although I’m partly of Irish descent and am partial to elves and quite wanted to see a leprechaun, I had never previously visited Ireland until the recent LILAC 2016  (LILAC is The Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference) at University College Dublin (UCD).  I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend the conference and to…Continue Reading LILAC 2016: Leabharlannan, Learning & Leprechauns