Past Winners

Established in 2008 these prestigious awards honour those special people who are making a significant contribution to Information Literacy within any sector.

• Information Literacy Award
• Digital Award for Information Literacy
• Student Sponsored Places

Information Literacy Award Winners

The Information Literacy Award recognises an outstanding UK-based IL practitioner or researcher.

The winner in 2018 was Emily Hurt, Clinical Librarian (Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust). Emily won the award for her work on a high impact ILG-funded project to increase research capacity and capability amongst her organisation’s nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.

Other shortlisted nominees were:

• Paul Biggs (Academic Skills Tutor Librarian, Staffordshire University)
• Veronica Cunningham (Independent IL researcher & consultant)
• Lucy Roper (Information Governance Manager, University College of Estate Management (UCEM).

Previous winners:

• 2017 - Helen Howard (Leeds University Library). The runner-up was Jo Parker (Open University).
• 2016 - Yin Min Tun (University of Manchester). The runner-up was Elizabeth Hutchinson (Guille-Alles Library, St Peter Port).
• 2015 - Katharine Reedy (Open University). The runner-up was Sarah George (University of Bradford).
• 2014 - Dr Jane Secker (London School of Economics and Political Science). The runner-up was Nazlin Bhimani (Institute of Education, University of London).
• 2013 - Kim McGowan (University of Cumbria). The runner-up was Michelle Schneider (University of Leeds). 
• 2012 - Andrew Walsh (University of Huddersfield). The runner-up was Judy Atkinson (Royal College of Nursing).
• 2011 - Duncan Chappell (Glasgow School of Art). The runner-up was Sonja Haerkoenen (Cardiff University).
• 2010 - Anthony Beal (Formerly West Cheshire College).
• 2009 - Ronan O'Beirne (Bradford College).
• 2008 - Nigel Morgan (Cardiff University).

Digital Award of Information Literacy Winners

The Digital Award for Information Literacy rewards an innovative/high impact digital resource developed by a UK-based individual or group.

LEAP Online (Mary Barden, Dawn Grundy, Graeme Prescott & Emily McIntosh, University of Bolton).

LEAP Online is an interactive digital resource suite for promoting student learning development and information literacy at the University of Bolton.

Other shortlisted nominees were:

• GCU UK online copyright advisor - Marion Kelt, Glasgow Caledonian University.
• An introduction to referencing and APA - Sheffield Hallam University's Online Teaching Toolkit for Referencing - Sheffield Hallam University Library Referencing Group.
• Information and Digital Literacy Tutorials (IDLT) - University of Sheffield's Library Learning Services Unit (Aarti Sehgal, Amy Haworth, Cat Bazela, Caterina Sciamanna, Elka Hubenova, Helen Dickinson, Jenny Pacheco, Jesse Armstrong, Kate Grigsby, Matt Cooper, Matt Gilchrist, Rosa Sadler, Sian Rushton and Vicky Grant).
• Enhancing Academic Skills Online - Goldsmiths, University of London Library Services (Kay McEachren, Will Hall and Antonia Lewis).
• Skills Guides - Teaching and Learning Team, Information Services, University of York.
  

Previous winners:

• 2017 - 23 Things for Digital Knowledge (Stephanie (Charlie) Farley, Open Education Resources Advisor, University of Edinburgh).
• 2016 -  Study Skills for 6th Form (Sara Bird, Stephen Harding and Gillian Johnston, Newcastle University Library).
• 2015 - The Twelve Apps of Christmas (Andy Horton & Chris Rowell, Regent's University London).
• 2014 - Skills Hub (Georgina Dimmock, University of Northampton).
• 2013 - The Open University Library’s Digital and information literacy (DIL) framework & Being Digital site (Jo Parker, Katharine Reedy, Kirsty Baker, Natasha Huckle and Matthew Taylor).
• 2012 - Skills@Library Team (University of Leeds) for the Skills@Library lecturer pages. The runner-up was The runner-up was the CPD23 Project Team (University of Cambridge) for CPD23: 23 Things for Professional Development.

Student Sponsored Places

The 2018 Student Award provided a sponsored place at LILAC for two students registered on a UK study programme. This award (sponsored by the CILIP Information Literacy Group) consists of full conference registration, travel and accommodation expenses.

The 2018 winners were:

Lisa Gardner who was on her first year of a distance learning PGDip in Library and Information Management at Ulster University.

Bethany Sherwood who was a first year part-time student of Information Science at City, University of London.

Previous winners:

• 2017 - Bethan Davies (Aberystwyth University) and Leanne Workman (Aberystwyth University).
• 2016 - Amy O'Donohoe (Robert Gordon University), Amy Rippon (City University, London) and Anna Theis (Manchester Metropolitan University).
• 2015 - Lucinda May (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Maria Nagle (University of Sheffield).
• 2014 - Penny Andrews (University of Sheffield) and Amanda Brennan (Robert Gordon University).
• 2013 - Darren Flynn (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Roisin Cassidy (University of Sheffield). 
• 2012 -Thasya Elliott (London Metropolitan University).
• 2011 - Matthew Harvey (Aberystwyth University).
• 2010 - Jo Alcock (Aberystwyth University).
• 2009 - in 2009 additional sponsorship meant that there were 7 places available, the winners were; Marion Funnell, Owen Coxall, Samantha Abrahams, Veronica Cunnigham, Katie Fraser, Su Fagg, and Susan Clayton.