Travelling Librarian Award for encouraging US/UK contacts in the library world.

Sent by Doug Knock

The Award   (Travelling Librarian Award 2011) 
Each year, the English-Speaking Union (ESU) and CILIP invite applications for the Travelling Librarian Award, from UK library and information professionals. The Travelling Librarian Award is intended to encourage US/UK contacts in the library world and the establishment of permanent links through a professional development study tour.

Eligibility
Applicants must be:
a) UK library and information professionals and;
b) in membership of CILIP at time of application.

Award details 
The Award will be about £3000 to cover flights and some accommodation in the US. The successful candidate will be free to put together their own programme of visits (although help and advice will be available) and where possible will be encouraged to take up home hospitality with ESU Members. The successful candidate will be expected to cover further incidental costs. This study tour opportunity will be for two weeks in Autumn.

Criteria 
A selection panel will judge all applications objectively on how well they further the aims and purposes of the award, and the evidence provided in support of this. 

Each application will be judged on its individual merits. 
There is no set application length expected. It is up to each candidate to write as little or as much as they wish. However, what you present in support of your application should be: a) relevant and b) sufficient, to allow the selection panel to make an informed decision. 
Typically, each year there are many excellent applications. However, should there be no suitable application, the panel reserves the right not to make an award for that year. 

A professional development opportunity 
On return, the successful candidate will be expected to give some presentations and produce a short report. Usually a Travelling Librarian reception is held each year when the most recent winner has the opportunity to make a short presentation/talk on their study visit. Past recipients have found the study tour a rewarding personal and professional experience which has often helped advance their career. 

The English-Speaking Union aims to strengthen international understanding through a variety of cultural and educational programmes and scholarships. As part of its international policy, CILIP aims to provide opportunities for members to enrich their professional lives by sharing experience and expertise with overseas colleagues.

When to apply
The English-Speaking Union (ESU) and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) invite applications for the Travelling Librarian Award, from qualified librarians working in UK libraries or information centres, from January each year. The closing date is usually at the end of March.  The Travelling Librarian Award is an opportunity to do a study tour in the United States for two weeks.

How to apply 
Candidates are invited to apply via email with a CV and a supporting letter to: library@esu.org.  

The closing date is 28 March 2011 and the interview date is 12 April 2011.

All applications will be considered and a shortlist will be drawn up.  All candidates will be contacted shortly after the application deadline and shortlisted candidates called to interview to discuss their application further in person.  

Interviews are held at the English Speaking Union headquarters at Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, London W1J 5ED.

For further information, please contact either: 

Gill Hale:  
library@esu.org 
020 7529 1587

or

Guy Daines, Director, Policy & Advocacy, CILIP guy.daines@cilip.org.uk 
020 7255 0642. 

Bursaries to attend the EBLIP conference

From LIS Research Coalition:


LISResearch: RT @eblip2011#eblip6 @LISResearch to offer 4 bursaries @eblip2011: 2 for practitioners /2 for PhD stns. 

2nd EBIL conference, 3rd November 2010, London Metropolitan University

From: "OSBORN, Richard" <Richard.OSBORN@LONDONDEANERY.AC.UK>

***  WITH APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING  ***

Second Conference on ‘Sharing good practice in Evidence-Based Information Literacy (EBIL)’ sponsored by the Information Literacy Group

London Metropolitan University is pleased to announce the second conference on ‘Sharing good practice in Evidence-Based Information Literacy (EBIL)’ on Wednesday 3rd November 2010, Tower Building and Graduate Centre, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB.

Map: http://www.ilit.org/file/files/ebil_images/northcampuslmu.jpg   

The conference aims to examine the way evidence-based is defined and from whose perspective. The event is free of charge for attendees drawn from NHS, university-related libraries and independent health libraries (a fee of £50 pounds will be charged to attendees from outside of the UK).

The programme can be found at: http://www.ilit.org/file/files/ebilprogramme.pdf

The conference runs from 11 to 4, with registration from 10.30. Places for the conference are limited to 60 participants. As demand for this type of event is likely to be high, places are limited to one member per organization and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Non-attendance without appropriate extenuation will incur a charge of £25.00.

To apply please follow the following link to the online booking form: http://tinyurl.com/3a228gy

Susie Andretta (s.andretta@londonmet.ac.uk) is the local organiser of EBIL and she will confirm your attendance to the conference at the end of September.

EBIL is supported by:

·         Consortium of Independent Health Information Libraries in London (CHILL)

·         Health Information and Libraries for Evaluation and Research (HEALER)

·         Health Libraries Group (HLG)

·         London Health Libraries (LHL)

·         Strategic Health Authorities Library Leads Staff Development Group (SHALL SDG)

HLG Conference Student Bursaries 2010

Dear Colleagues,

Please can you forward this information to any relevant Library & Information Studies students as it presents an excellent opportunity to learn more about a career in Health Librarianship.

HLG is pleased to announce that it is extending the deadline for the applications for the 4 HLG Student Bursaries to attend the 2010 HLG Conference in Salford until 31st May. Each bursary has a value of approximately £300 and provides an opportunity for the librarians and information professionals of the future to attend a diverse range of presentations and meet professionals currently working in the field of health librarianship.

Applications are invited from part-time and full-time students currently studying a CILIP accredited course for a first degree or postgraduate qualification in library / information science in England, Wales or Scotland, including those graduating in 2010. Please see http://bit.ly/a84IvM <http://bit.ly/a84IvM>  for full details - applications must be received before 31st May 2010.

Please note the extended deadline is for the student bursaries only. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Frank or myself.

Kind Regards

Doug Knock
Healthcare Library Manager
Knowledge Services
Queen Elizabeth
South London Healthcare NHS Trust
tel 020 8836 6752


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From: Discussion list for Health Libraries Group HLG members [HLG-MEMBERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Frank Norman [fnorman@NIMR.MRC.AC.UK]
Sent: 26 March 2010 16:10
To: HLG-MEMBERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Health Libraries Group conference and student bursaries

Four student bursaries are being offered to support LIS students to attend the HLG Conference which is to be held in Manchester on 19-20 July 2010.

Each bursary includes free registration for the conference and up to £200 to support travel and accommodation.

The extended deadline for bursary applications is Monday 31st May 2010.

Detailed instructions for applicants are on the CILIP HLG website:

More information about the conference is available here:http://www.cilip.org.uk/hlg2010/


Frank Norman
Librarian, MRC National Institute for Medical Research
The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA,  UK
tel 020 8816 2227   fax 020 8816 2230   email fnorman@nimr.mrc.ac.uk

Autoresponders

Please see the message from David Bates on Autoresponders

Autoresponders basically send out a timed sequence of messages and, surprise surprise, are commonly used by people to automate their marketing on the internet.  The basic technique is to drive potential customers to your website – offer something like a free report / email course which people can sign-up to, and when they do the autoresponder sends out the messages you want in a timed sequence.  In this context it may take a lot of work to get a really good marketing message together that will lead to sales of whatever service / product you’re offering, but once it’s up and running there’s no further effort required.

In the context of libraries and information literacy there are a range of ways these could be used:

1. Enabling people to sign-up to an e-course.  This could be a one-off thing, like an introductory video / podcast / whatever, or a sequence of activities over a period of time.
2. Prompting people to carry out certain activities as part of an ongoing course – you could set-up an autoresponder which you could set off at the beginning of the FILE course for example – or even before the course starts (the pre-course assessment could be the first message in the sequence).  The emails could include things like a reminder of the deadline for the current component + a link to the page on the FILE website relating to the next session. The final emails could be asking people to complete their evaluation, possibly including a link to SurveyMonkey (or whatever) if it’s an online survey.

You’re really only limited by your imagination – but if you do have courses / events / whatever that take place over a fixed period of time, and you’re sending out the same information to a group of people in a timed sequence, this can be one way of reducing the administrative burden considerably.

One of the best known providers of an autoresponder is AWeber (http://www.aweber.com/), although there are plenty of others around too.

Information Mastery

Hi all,


Posted by Anne Weist on EBIL group in LinkedIn:


NPC site on 'Information Mastery'
I think that some of you will be interested in this site: http://www.npc.co.uk/ebt/info_mastery.htm


The one-hour ppt version of the Information Mastery course was helpful to me. Note particularly the "drilling" for evidence graphic.




Have a look at the site and the discussion that is developing from it.


Best


Susie

Health Libraries Group (HLG) Conference

Message from Stuart Glover:



At FILE yesterday when we were talking about being evidence-based librarians and assessing impact of what we do as evidence of our worth, I was struck by the fact that this years CILIP Health Libraries Group (HLG) Conference will touch upon some of these themes.

A draft programme has recently been published on our blog and it includes papers on information and ICT literacy and impact. Speakers also include Andrew Booth (the value of experienced librarians) and Alison Brettle (assessing impact of health information professionals).

The conference blog (which includes the draft programme) is at: http://hlg2010.blogspot.com

The conference website (which is where you can book/get full details is at: http://www.cilip.org.uk/hlg2010



If you have any queries please contact Stuart directly at:
Stuart.Glover@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

Audience publications

Posted on behalf of Sian:

Some links to the JISC Strategic Content Alliance and their audience analysis project (which they talked about in a workshop I attended last Friday).  

The link below explains who the SCA are and what they are about, but if you click on the link to the SCA blog and then the 'Audience publications' tab it gives you some very useful links to their documents on audience analysis.http://www.jisc.ac.uk/contentalliance

I think they are running another workshop in July - Verena Weigert (v.weigert@jisc.ac.uk) is the contact if you are interested.

HLG bursary

Message from Doug Knock:


HLG bursaries which are worth up to £250 - next deadline is March so anyone interested should apply by the end of next month. 


For details click on the title of this post

Leslie Morton Memorial Bursary award

Leslie Morton Bursary


These bursaries are intended for HLG members who wish to attend an international conference in health librarianship, medical bibliography or medical history. A maximum of £1000 p.a. will be available. One award per year will be made. Applications will be evaluated once or twice a year, starting Jan 2010. Deadlines for receipt of applications are 31st January and, if no award is made at that point, also on 31st July.


Awards can be used for conference fees, travel costs and accommodation.
- The Bursary is open to Health Libraries Group members
- Preference is given to members with less than ten years experience in health library & information services
- Funding is available for attendance at international conferences in the area of health librarianship, medical bibliography or medical history. For example, ICML, MLA, EAHIL.
- Preference is given to those presenting a paper or poster at the conference
- The bursary is given to enhance the knowledge and development of health librarianship, medical bibliography and medical history, and to further continuing professional development. Applicants should explain how this particular conference is aligned with these interests of Leslie Morton’s.


Applicants will be required to write a report of the conference for publication in the HLG Newsletter. The Bursary can be used for conference registration fees, travel and accommodation costs. Up to £500 can be awarded for conferences in Europe; up to £1000 for conferences outside Europe.


Detailed guidelines for applicants are as follows:

1. The Leslie Morton Bursary is open to CILIP Health Libraries Group members. 

2. Funding is available for attendance at an international conference in health librarianship, medical bibliography or medical history.

3. Applicants will be expected to give details of funding applications from other sources, whether successful or not.

4. Applicants will be expected to give a clear statement of the amount sought, broken down into conference fees, travel and accommodation and other expenses, which must be specified.

5. Applicants should confirm that their line manager has given approval for them to attend.

6. Preference is given to those presenting a paper or poster at the conference

7. Up to £500 can be awarded for conferences in Europe; up to £1000 for conferences outside Europe.

8. One award per year will be made.  Applications will be evaluated once or twice a year, starting Jan 2010.  Deadlines for receipt of applications are 31st January and, if no award is made at that point, also on 31st July. 

9. A condition of being awarded funding is that a meeting report, conforming to the guidelines on the HLG website, is produced.

10. There is no application form.  Applications should include a letter and CV and should be sent electronically to the Frank Norman, HLG Awards Co-ordinator.  fnorman@nimr.mrc.ac.uk

11.The value of the award is at the discretion of the Committee, guided by the Leslie Morton Bursary Steering Group.  The Committee’s decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into. The Committee reserves the right not to award the Bursary. 

12. Applicants will be notified as soon as possible after the decision is made.  

[EBLIP] New Issue Published

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice has just published its
latest issue at http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP. We
invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site
to review articles and items of interest.

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Vol 4, No 4 (2009)
Table of Contents


Editorial
--------
Learning Opportunities (1-2) Denise Koufogiannakis

Editorial Responsibilities (3)

Acknowledgement of Editorial Advisors (4-5)



Articles
--------
It’s All Fun and Games until Someone Learns Something: Assessing the
Learning Outcomes of Two Educational Games (6-23) Jennifer McCabe, Steven Wise

Testing an Academic Library Website for Usability with Faculty and Graduate
Students (24-36) Judith Z. Emde, Sara E. Morris, Monica Claassen-Wilson

The Perception and Practice of Evidence Based Library and Information
Practice Among Iranian Medical Librarians (37-57) Vahideh Zarea Gavgani

Evidence Summaries
--------
Canadian Public Library Users are Unaware of Their Information Literacy
Deficiencies as Related to Internet Use and Public Libraries are Challenged
to Address These Needs (58-62) Martha Ingrid Preddie

Undergraduate Students with Strong Tendencies Towards Critical Thinking
Experience Less Library Anxiety (63-66) Cari Merkley

Web Usability Policies/Standards/Guidelines (PSGs) do not Influence
Practices at ARL Academic Libraries (67-70) Shandra Protzko

Library and Informatics Training May Improve Question Formulation among
Public Health Practitioners (71-73) Heather Ganshorn

More Research Needed on Librarian Teaching Anxiety (74-77) Stephanie J. Schulte

Rejuvenation and Networking Motivates Librarians to Attend Conferences(78-80) Yvonne Hultman Ozek

A List of Best Practices That May Improve the Use of Telephone Interviews During the Recruitment Process (81-83) David Herron, Lotta Haglund


Using Evidence in Practice
--------
Services in a Changing Academic Library: Patron Feedback and Library
Response (84-87) Bruce Stoffel

Reorganizing a Technical Services Division Using Collaborative Evidence
Based Information Practice at Auraria Library (88-94) Denise Pan, Zaana Howard


EBL 101
--------
Conducting Your Own Research: Something to Consider (95-98) Virginia Wilson


News/Announcements
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Call for Papers: Becoming Evidence Based: A Research in Practice Mini-Conference (99)


Salford, UK to Host 6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference in 2011 (100-101)


CLA/ACB Library Research and Development Grants (102)


Call for Juried Proposals: Integrating Practice and Research Library Research Seminar V (103-104)


ISIC 2010 Call for Papers (105-106)


Two Upcoming Seminars from the Library & Information Research Group (107-108)


Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre 8th Annual Symposium (109)

LILAC 2010: Sponsored student place award

Details on how to apply for this are available at:

http://www.lilacconference.com/dw/awards/student_award.html

Susie

The new issue of JIL (vol3, no2, 2009) is out

We are pleased to announce that the Winter issue 2009 of the Journal of Information Literacy has been published. Please see the Table of Contents below, the articles  are available in full text at:http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index.

Editorial team



Table of Contents
Editorial:
Susie Andretta   The multifaceted nature of information literacy: solving the Rubik cube puzzle. (1-5)

Articles:
K. Stuart Ferguson Information literacy and its relationship to knowledge management: A theoretical study (6-24)
Andrew Whitworth  Teaching information literacy within a relational frame: the Media and Information Literacy course at Manchester (25-38)

Articles from LILAC:
Audrey Marshall, Flis Henwood, Leslie Carlin, Elizabeth S. Guy, Tanja Sinozic, Helen Smith   Information to fight the flab: findings from the Net.Weight Study (39-52)
Christopher Guy Walker Seeking Information: A study of the use and understanding of information by parents of young children (53-63)
Jenny Foreman,  Lesley Thomson Government Information Literacy in the "century of information" (Brown 2007) (64-72)
Nora Hegarty,  Alan Carbery,  Tina Hurley Learning by Doing - Reactivating the Learning Support Programme at WIT Libraries (73-90)

Conference corner:
Peter Godwin  Information Literacy gets mobile in Vancouver (91-95)

Book reviews:
Nick Frost  Book review of Andrew Whitworth. 2009. Information Obesity. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. (96-97)

Summer issue of the Journal of Information Literacy

We are pleased to announce that the Summer issue 2009 of the Journal of Information Literacy has been published and is available at: http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index.

This is the first issue of JIL that hosts a collection of articles drawn entirely from the papers presented at the LILAC conference this year. The journal has also been restructured as explained in the editorial "Bridging the gap between theory, research and practice of information literacy" and includes two new features the IL projects and the Conference corner. The new structure is in line with JIL's aim of investigating the multifaceted nature of information literacy to address the interests of diverse IL communities of practice.

the Editorial team

Sharing good practice in Evidence-Based Information Literacy (EBIL)

The NHS England Library Staff Development Group, London Health Libraries and the Consortium of Independent Health Information Libraries in London (CHILL) are pleased to announce the conference on ‘Sharing good practice in Evidence-Based Information Literacy (EBIL)’ which will take place on 17 September 2009 at the Wellcome Conference Centre. (http://www.wellcomecollection.org/visitus/index.htm)

EBIL is a one-day conference organised 'by practitioners for practitioners' and its aim is to bring together the IL educators who have completed the courses and projects that were sponsored by the National Library for Health. The event is free of charge and will offer the opportunity to discuss and share good practice with conference attendees drawn from NHS, university-related libraries and independent health libraries. The full programme can be found at: http://www.ilit.org/file/files/ebilprogramme.pdf

Please note that registration will start at 10.30 am.

Places are limited to one member per organization. As demand for this type of event is likely to be high, places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, non attendance to the event without appropriate extenuation will incur a charge of £25.00

To apply please follow the following link to the online booking form:

http://londondeanery.intrabench.com/?showBookEvent1&EVENTID=5071&TID=35

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

EAHIL Workshop 2009 - Call for Papers

-----Original Message-----
From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers
[mailto:LIS-MEDICAL@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Paul Murphy
Sent: 15 August 2008 10:23
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.