Tag Archive | conferences
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 […]
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 […]
Relevance and perceptions of information literacy
The final theme I want to reflect on from LILAC is the ways in which information literacy (IL) is perceived and understood, not just by librarians but in the wider community. Karen Kaufmann’s talk on factors influencing the relevance of IL to students in higher education was fascinating. Through her doctoral research, Karen has identified […]
Understanding library users to support change
I went to several sessions at LILAC which focused on ways to understand library users. I am very interested in this – my PhD research is going to focus on information behaviour because I really want to better understand the students I work with! So I was keen to see the methods and insights that […]
Social justice: the LILAC keynotes
Social justice was a key theme running throughout the conference. Not least in the three keynotes, which were all excellent! I really enjoyed the way the keynotes were run this year, which was using a flipped model. All delegates were sent videos to watch beforehand, recorded by the keynote speakers, and asked to watch these […]
LILAC 2022: Reflections
*blows dust off blog* Wow, it’s been a while since I last posted here! My last blog was in May 2020, and the last before that was July 2018! I haven’t blogged regularly for a very long time, for a variety of reasons. I miss it though, and I’d like to start blogging on a […]
Organising Chaos 