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 Winners
The Information Literacy Award recognises an outstanding UK-based IL practitioner or researcher.
The winners in 2026 were Siobhan Corrin and Katie Roper from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust for The Lancashire Health Hub: a collaborative approach to reliable health information: Lancashire Health Hub, Health Information Lancashire.
Other shortlisted nominees were:
- Dr Vicky Grant, University of Sheffield LibFest: Lib Fest, Library, The University of Sheffield
- Paula Funnell, Queen Mary University of London Developing an AI literacy approach at Queen Mary University of London: AI resource activity slides, Google Slides
- Marie Cechova, Northampton Academy Engaging secondary school pupils with information literacy
- Kay Grieves on behalf of Learning, Teaching and Research Team, Student and Library Services, Teesside University: Reimagining and reasserting information literacy leadership for the AI age
- Academic Engagement Team: Simon French, Shân Saunders: AI literacy course, Aberystwyth University: AI Literacy Course, Rise 360
The awards have been judged by:
- Emma Brown, Digital Education Developer, University of Birmingham (ILG Committee New Professionals Representative)
- Elizabeth Newell, Senior Sector Specialist (digital transformation) at JISC
- Dr. Konstantina Martzoukou, Associate Professor at Robert Gordon University
Previous winners:
- 2025 - Rebecca Mogg (Cardiff University)
- 2024 - The Data Education in Schools team (Edinburgh University) and The Digital Learning Practice Team -Teaching, Learning & Employability exchange (University of the Arts, London)
- 2023 - Louise Speakman (Lancaster University)
- 2022 - Alison Horner Le Riche and Barbara Moye and their teams (Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
- 2020 - Clare McCluskey-Dean (York St John University)
- 2019 - Open University Library's Live Engagement Team
- 2018 - Emily Hurt (Clinical Librarian, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
- 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.
Previous winners:
- 2020 - Step Up to Masters (Jiani Liu, Dan Pullinger, Sunny Dhillon, Angela Newton, Paul Cave, Laura Fitch at the University of Leeds)
- 2019 - Newcastle University Library's Online Learning Resources (Terry Charlton, Newcastle University)
- 2018 - LEAP Online (Mary Barden, Dawn Grundy, Graeme Prescott & Emily McIntosh, University of Bolton).
- 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 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.
Previous winners:
- 2026 - Madeleine Williams (University College London) and Ellen Chifuniro (University of Strathclyde)
- 2025 - Murtaza Fakhri Abizer (University College London) and Robin Wilson (University of Sheffield).
- 2024 - Amelia Haire (University College London) and Sae Matsuno (University College London)
- 2023 - Yasmine Mulholland (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Lucy Dodge (University College London)
- 2020 - Kimberley Stansfield and Frances Marsh (University College London)
- 2019 - Hannah Slater and Gemma Pearce (University College London)
- 2018 - Lisa Gardner (Ulster University) and Bethany Sherwood (City, University of London)
- 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.
