University of Sheffield, 30 March-1 April 2026
University of Sheffield, 30 March-1 April 2026
The winners of the Information Literacy Award are Siobhan Corrin and Katie Roper from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. Congratulations!
The nominees for the LILAC 2026 Information Literacy were:
The award was judged by:
The CILIP Information Literacy Group is proud to offer an award for achievement in the field of information literacy (IL). IL “is the ability to think critically and make balanced judgements about any information we find and use. It empowers us as citizens to reach and express informed views and to engage fully in society”.
IL applies within a number of contexts, including:
(CILIP Definition of Information Literacy 2018).
The award is open to all practitioners, researchers and academics working in the IL field within the United Kingdom. Nominations may be from any sector. We welcome nominations for individuals as well as for groups/teams. The winning individual or team will receive £500 for personal use and £500 for their nominated charity.
The winner of the IL award will be announced at the Drinks and Reception Awards evening on Monday 30 March 2026. As we are a non-profit organisation, run entirely by volunteers, any profits that we make from the conference go back into running the conference and providing free training to librarians across the country. This means that unfortunately we don’t have funds to provide free places to the conference for those that have been nominated for the award.
Award categories
Nominations must demonstrate impact, innovation, initiative and originality in one or more of the following areas:
There should be evidence that the nominated individual or team is committed to sharing knowledge and expertise and/or disseminating their learning and/or research within their organisation and beyond.
Nominations will be judged upon evidence of impact within the past 3 years only. Previous winners of the award can not be nominated again for the same work even if it has been updated.
To help create your nomination we recommend you familiarise yourself with the award guidelines and marking criteria.
Nominations are closed.
Individuals and teams may self-nominate or be nominated by colleagues. Nominations should take the form of:
Either
A written statement of evidence of the nominee contribution(s) in one or more of the areas above. This should not exceed 1500 words and may include visual elements e.g. images, graphics etc. where appropriate - please provide URLs to these where necessary.
Or
A short video (10 minutes maximum) addressing the nominee contribution(s) in one or more of the areas above. If this option is selected, the video should be uploaded to YouTube as unlisted content and the URL provided on the application form. Unlisted videos won't appear in YouTube's search results nor on your channel homepage. When creating a video submission please avoid using nominee(s) and institution(s) names as these are difficult for us to anonymise. Please contact help@lilacconference.com if you need any clarification.
LILAC is great opportunity for our fellow professionals to present their ideas, share best practice and show case new thinking in our sector. If you have an idea then we'd love to hear about it. We have many options for the types of sessions you might run from a symposium to a workshop. Visit our Call for Presentations page to find out how to apply.
Places at this year's conference are likely to be in demand more than ever before. Each year our conference grows increasingly popular and this year promises to be no different. Don't miss out and book your place now for this year's conference.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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