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LILAC 2024: Reflections
My reflections and learning points from the LILAC 2024 conference at Leeds Beckett University.
ECIL 2023: Standout presentations
In the last of my series of blog posts from the European Conference on Information Literacy, I am going to talk about a couple of my favourite presentations from the conference. Of course, all the presentations I’ve discussed are ones that stuck in my head for various reasons! But the ones below are the standouts […]
ECIL 2023: Things that made me think
Continuing my series of blog posts on my learning points from the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), this post will talk about some of the presentations at the conference that made me Think Big Thoughts. Recognising the discipline of information literacy In a panel discussion, Clarence Maybee, Karen Kaufmann, Bill Johnston, and Sheila Webber […]
ECIL 2023: Practical ideas
In the second of my series of blog posts on the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), I am going to focus on the practical ideas I took from various presentations at ECIL. The library helpdesk as a pedagogical tool Liv Inger Lamoy and Astrid Kilvik, from the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, discussed […]
ECIL 2023: The keynotes
Three weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), in beautiful Krakow, Poland. I was there to present some of my PhD literature review as part of the doctoral forum. I will be blogging my reflections on the doctoral forum on my research blog, but here I thought […]
Social media: where to next?
As mentioned in my last post, I am in the process of a messy break-up with Twitter. So, I thought I’d share some of my thoughts here about what comes next. If I’m not going to be hanging out on Twitter any more, where will I spend my time online? I should preface this by […]
Twitter, my toxic eX
Oh Twitter. Why can’t I quit you? Twitter has long been my social media of choice. I joined way back in the mists of 2009, when I was just a baby librarian. As an elder millennial, I’ve seen plenty of social media sites come and go, but Twitter has been my longest-standing network. I’ve made […]
LILAC 2023: Reflections and self-care
Two weeks ago, I attended the LILAC conference on information literacy, in Cambridge. I’ve already blogged my reflections on the content of the conference, over on the Information Literacy Group’s blog. Here, as this is my personal blog, I thought I’d share some more personal reflections about my experience of the conference. LILAC is always […]
Reading between the lines: Information literacy in engineering education standards
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke at the annual LILAC conference about some work I’ve done as part of my PhD literature review, comparing the UK accreditation standards for engineering degree courses (the Engineering Council’s Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes, or AHEP) with the SCONUL and ACRL standards/frameworks for information literacy. The abstract of […]
My experience of starting an LIS PhD
I gave a short talk this week at a CILIP Library & Information Research Group (LIRG) event, on “Routes and experiences of doing an LIS* PhD“. There were several other speakers there, all far more experienced and knowledgeable than me! The aim of my talk was simply to share a little of what my experience […]
Organising Chaos 