LILAC 2012

LILAC 2012 was hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University, 11th-13th April 2012.  A selection of photos from the conference can be found here.

The themes for LILAC 2012 were:

The Keynote speakers for 2012 were:

Megan Oakleaf, Assistant Professor in the iSchool, Syracuse University
Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, C.B.E., Chancellor of the Open University
Tara Brabazon, Professor of Communication in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)

LILAC 2012 Conference Reports:

LILAC 2012: Presentations

IL and the digital future IL research Active learning and creative pedagogical approaches
E-resources and information literacy: the next step. Anne Kail & Jackie LaPlaca Ricords 

This house believes that librarians and their services are the barrier to information literacy.
Bob Glass & Geoff Walton

The roving librarian: keep taking the tablets. Alison Sharman

Digidol – developing digital literacies. Joe Nicholls & Joy Head

Web scale discovery and information literacy: competing visions or mutual support? Sheila Corrall & John Dove

Increasing student engagement: using Prezi to create interactive library maps. Ned Potter

Online information literacy: creative in-house collaborations. Kelly Travers, Ella Mitchell & Catherine Johnson

Information literacy – just an outdated buzzword? Jo Parker & Peter Godwin

Supporting academic colleagues in developing open content literacies. Melissa Highton

Real deal information literacy: designing and implementing meaningful instruction and assessment. Janet Cottrell & Sarah Faye Cohen

Mobile technology and information literacy instruction: the McGill Library experience. Maria Savova, Robin Canuel and Chad Crichton

 Theory into practice: translating research into program development and improvement. Janet Cottrell & Michelle Miller 

Remodeling information literacy core competencies in the context of a general education curriculum. Emily Frigo & Mary O’Kelly

Reading lists – time for a reality check? Hannah Rose & Gillian Siddall

Digital literacies as a postgraduate attribute. Gwyneth Price

The road to information literacy: primary school children and their information seeking behaviour. Wendy Beautyman

‘No decision about me without me’: collaborative opportunities to support shared decision-making in the NHS. Caroline De Brun, Rajeev K. Bali, Raouf N.G. Naguib & Ian M. Marshall

The missing link: librarians and the teaching identity. Sarah Faye Cohen

Courageous conversations: addressing underlying issues to advance information literacy. Carroll Wetzel Wilkinson & Courtney Bruch

Reflection for learning: understanding the value of reflective writing for information literacy development. Pamela McKinney and Barbara Sen

Referencing and reading comprehension: research in progress. Fiona MacLellan

Removing the barriers: supporting students entering higher education. Elaine Bean

Embedded IL in university programmes: the result of a collaboration model between faculty and librarians. Eli Bytoft Nyaas and Karin Suld

Taking a peek under the academic kilt to see whether information literacy is revealed! Eleonora Dubicki and Jacqui Weetman DaCosta

Does it make any difference? An impact evaluation of the libraries educational activities at Lund University, Sweden. Lena Landgren, Anna Wiberg, Sara Akramy and Bitte Holm

Policy making in information literacy – what does it mean? John Crawford

Teaching workplace information literacy in the community colleges. Michael Crumpton

Information literacy and the case of the ‘natives’. Mary Antonesa and Claire McAvinia

Information literacy in the workplace: identifying the information management capability needs of staff in a local government organisation. Mark Hepworth, Tom Jackson and C. Masuda

 

 Disciplinary literacy – a context for learning critical information literacy. Nancy DeJoy, Sara Miller, Stephanie Amada & Benjamin Oberdick 

How can reading lists be effective information literacy tools? Victoria Farmer, Ian Corns & Colin MacLean (See also a presentation of responses)

A new curriculum for information literacy: strategies for implementation. Emma Coonan, Helen Webster, Katy Wrathall & Jane Secker

Writing for real: creative contexts for information literacy teaching and learning. Rachel Minkin, Penny Gardner & Brian Holcomb

Don’t reinvent the wheel: resources to support the teaching of information literacy and academic skills across the curriculum. Michelle Schneider

LibGuides tips and tricks: thinking outside the box. Eleonora Dubicki, Susan Gardner & Louise Gordon

Getting creative with research: a case study approach to information literacy teaching at UCA. Kristy Widdicombe

Playing games and growing trees … not sucking lemons. Andrew Walsh

Assessing the journey: online conversation as a means of active learning in information literacy. Geoff Walton

Lesson study: or, how we learned to stop lecturing and let the students learn. Jill Markgraf, Eric Jennings & Hans Kishel

Improved student engagement in a library skills course using poster presentations. JaNae Kinikin & Keith Hench

Embedding information literacies into the curriculum design process: the Viewpoints experience. Alan Masson, Catherine O’Donnell & Vilinda Ross

Reinventing classroom space to re-energize information literacy instruction. Suzanne Julian

Aligning information literacy with curricular requirements and engaging students: a case study of social information in dietetics. Rebecca Kate Miller

Tell them, and they forget. Teach them, and they remember. Involve them, and they learn – incorporating active learning into information literacy. Rebecca Befus and Shawn McCann

Student centred active learning approach in an online information literacy credit course for doctoral students. Vilve Seiler, Kart Miil and Krista Lepik

Information literacy through inquiry: using problem-based learning in information literacy instruction. Alan Carbery

 

Supporting the research community Transitions: from school through to higher education IL and employability
Acting on PhD student feedback to create new learning resources. Angela Newton & Dan Pullinger 

Hive mind: how doctoral researchers can be supported by each other. Helen Webb

600 years and not standing still: how one academic liaison team responds to the ever changing needs of the research community. Vicki Cormie, Hilda McNae, Jackie Proven & Janet Aucock

Entitlement: what does your title entitle you to? Victoria Adams, Clare Llewellyn & Jon Oberlander

Exploring good practice for research supervisors in information literacy development. Sheila Corrall & Ruth Stubbings

Libraries supporting research communities: partners in scientific communication. Eystein Gullbekk & Susanne Mikki

Supporting research by being a researcher. Clare McCluskey

Involve, inform, inspire: reaching researchers through targeted training. Penelope Street and Lisa Hawksworth

To blog or not to blog that is the question for researchers. Samantha Aston and Lisa Jeskins

Essential information skills for researchers: a collaborative project to develop an online, open access resource. Chris Bark and Liz Martin

 

 Catch them early – information literacy based assessment for learning with year 8 at Box Hill School. Sarah Pavey & Russell Monk 

Think before you click: steps on the road to independent learning. Anthony Beal

The information journey. Sarah Coulbeck, Emma Hadfield & Peter Field

Preparing secondary students for tertiary study through embedded information literacy skills – tertiary prep unit. Senga White

Bridging the gap between secondary and tertiary education:  the role of information literacy. Sara Bird

S.P.O.T. on transitions: enhancing 21st century academic literacies in secondary school science students. Peggy A. Pritchard

 

 Predictive search: getting the most out of popular search engines. Tasha Bergson-Michelson & Kimberly Johnson 

Giving students a competitive edge: Cass Certification. Helen Westwood

SMILE, we’re making the most of other peoples work – not reinventing the wheel! Marion Kelt

Embedding digital literacy as a graduate attribute at Leeds Metropolitan University. Wendy Luker & Sue Palmer

Answering the employability agenda: multi-professional collaboration in an era of multiliteracies. Kaye Towlson & Jason Eyre

The road map: an information literacy planning aid. Richenda Gwilt & Kristy Widdicombe

Embedding information literacy skills as employability attributes. Serengul Smith and Adam Edwards

InfosmART: pedagogical approaches to the teaching of information and research skills to creative practitioners. Duncan Chappell

 

 

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