LILAC discounted student places

The CSG Information Literacy group are offering 10 places to students to attend the LILAC conference at the substantially reduced rate of £250. This will include attendance at the conference Monday 30th March - Wednesday 1st April and a place at the conference dinner. It will not include a place at the networking evening.

The places will be allotted to the first 10 students who contact Debbi Boden. d.boden@worc.ac.uk

Best wishes
Debbi

Debbi Boden
Deputy Director Information & Learning Services
Peirson Library
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester WR2 6AJ
Tel: 01905 542160

LIRG Research Award 2009

Deadline for submissions 28th February 2009

The LIRG research award is designed to promote research in library and information science. The aim of the award is to encourage and facilitate research by practitioners in the field.

The Library & Information Research Group (LIRG) welcomes proposals from all sectors of the profession, and particularly invites practitioners to apply, either as sole applicants, or in collaboration with academic or independent researchers.

Applications from academics in library and information science departments are also welcomed and proposals which are submitted in partnership with practitioners are particularly welcomed.

The award is worth £1000, and designed to support small scale research projects for which it may otherwise be difficult to find funding. The Award may be used to defray research expenses (e.g. travel, postage costs), to fund attendance at high level meetings or to fund a study tour. However, a clear overall aim for the research must be stated.

Guidelines for submission and evaluation criteria are on the LIRG web pages at:

http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/research/activities/awards

The closing date for submissions: 28th February 2009

Interested in applying for the award but are unsure about writing a proposal?
Juilet Eve's article in the latest issue of Library & Information Research (freely available online) can help: http://www.lirg.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir

Applications and enquiries should be sent, preferably by email, to:

Frankie Wilson
LIRG Awards and Prizes Officer
Learning Resources
Middlesex University
Trent Park
Bramley Road
London
N14 4YZ
f.wilson@mdx.ac.uk

LILAC 2009: student award

There will be a sponsored place at LILAC (Librarians' Information
Literacy Annual Conference) 2009 open to applicants on a librarianship
course in the UK.

The conference is being held at Cardiff
University from the 30th March - 1st April 2009. Conference
registration, travel expenses (from the UK) and accommodation are
included in the award.

LILAC 2009 Student Award sponsored by The LearnHigher Information
Literacy Learning Area at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Applicants need to write a (maximum 500 words) statement about the
importance of information literacy and how attendance at the LILAC
conference will be of benefit to them in their future career. Further
details about the award are on the LILAC website:
http://www.lilacconference.com/dw/2009/award_student.htm

The closing date for applications is 30th January 2009.

LILAC 2009 call for papers

From: Jane Secker
Date: 12 November 2008 10:34:52 GMT
Subject: LILAC 2009: call for papers closes on 20th November
Reply-To: J.Secker@LSE.AC.UK


There is still time to submit a paper for LILAC (Librarians' Information
Literacy Annual Conference) 2009 which is being held at Cardiff
University from the 30th March - 1st April 2009. We welcome submissions
from practitioners and researchers in a variety of formats including:

* short and long papers, posters, workshops, demonstrations and
symposiums.

For further details please click on the title of this entry

The 2009 conference themes are:
* Inquiry based learning and IL
* Emerging technologies
* Information literacy for life
* Supporting research

The deadline is midnight, 20th November 2008.

Jane
LILAC Committee
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Dr Jane Secker
Learning Technology Librarian
Centre for Learning Technology, LSE
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

EAHIL Workshop 2009 - Call for Papers

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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
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To: LIS-MEDICAL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: EAHIL Workshop 2009 - Call for Papers

EAHIL - The European Association for Health Information and Libraries

EAHIL Workshop 2009, Dublin, Ireland, June 2 - 5
"Working with others: explore, engage, extend"

CALL FOR POSTERS AND PAPERS

The International Programme Committee invites you to submit papers and posters for the Workshop entitled "Working with others: explore, engage, extend" to be held in Dublin, Ireland , 2nd to 5th June 2009.

We seek to develop the Workshop programme within a framework of interactivity and debate and we invite research papers, reports of innovative practice and cases which discuss these and related topics:

* Collaborations and partnerships with specific groups and communities
In education, learning and curriculum support
In clinical and allied health practice
In research
In healthcare, patient education and outreach
In special interest groups or networks

* Cooperation in services & resource sharing
Issues in liaison, partnerships and outreach programmes
Coordination in information and knowledge management
Regional, national, international co-operation

* Collaboration and communication in virtual and emerging spaces
Facilitating online collaboration and interaction
E-science and distributed collaboration networks
Tools, techniques, technologies including Web 2.0

* Information gathering, analysis, evidence and response
Assessing needs and evidence
Healthcare informatics
Customization and localization of information services


Abstract submission is online only and further information and upload details are available from the EAHIL Workshop website at http://www.eahil2009.ie/


Abstract submission will be open from Friday 15 August 2008 to Friday 17 October 2008.

Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0

Hi all,
Just seen this recently advertised publication which ties in nicely with what we've been into over the past few months. See the Facet Publishing website for more details:

http://www.facetshop.co.uk/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1&Product_Code=637-4

Definitely worth a look (I think we'll order it for our Resource Centre).

Richard

SHANEIL Workshop

I found the workshop very valuable and I think it has given the project a real boost. Best things about the workshop:
- Excellent presentation/facilitation - your enthusiasm is very infectious Susie.
- The training has a very clear aim/outcome and we definitely need to create something as a result of it!

Things to improve - only one really and this one was already recognised during the session. The section on qualitative evaluation was a little rushed. It would have been nice to be able to absorb this at a more leisurely pace but you can't have everything.

Thanks very much

Joanne