Leeds Beckett University, 25-27 March 2024
Leeds Beckett University, 25-27 March 2024
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EBSCO supports libraries, students and the wider academic community through access to online journal, magazine and eBook content. Our recently launched UK & Ireland Points of View Reference Centre is one example of a service we developed to help students appreciate multiple sides of an issue. As a tool to develop student’s Information Literacy, this database provides rich content that can help users assess and develop persuasive arguments, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills. We want to enhance the students’ ability to read critically, develop their own perspectives, and write or debate an effective argument on a topic.
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(https://www.ebsco.com/)
Ethnic minority backgrounds delegate bursary.
The UCL Department of Information Studies is celebrating 100 years since our foundation as the first British School of Librarianship! Throughout the decades, we have offered professionally grounded education that brings together a unique portfolio of programmes in library and information studies, information science, archives and records management, publishing and digital humanities.
Our most recent focus has been the development of an MA and PhD programme that offer the opportunity to specialise in information literacy. We are one of the few British library schools to offer a standalone information literacy module, and we offer information literacy focused placements and professional development events in conjunction with local practitioners. The programme also offers the opportunity to study with research staff who are world leaders in the field of information literacy research. Professor Annemaree Lloyd has irrevocably shaped the state of workplace, health and community information literacy scholarship; Dr Alison Hicks continues to lead research into academic and critical information literacy as well as serving as the current editor of the Journal of Information Literacy, while Dr Charles Inskip has made a number of contributions to workplace and employability scholarship. We welcome enquiries from MA, PGDip and PhD students looking to build and extend their engagement with information literacy research and practice.
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(https://www.ucl.ac.uk/information-studies/)
Information Literacy Award, Exhibitor
The Information School at The University of Sheffield is a thriving community of students, educators and researchers dedicated to the study and advancement of the information field and its professions. The school is ranked Number One in the World for Library and Information Management in the QS World Rankings by Subject 2022. We are recognised as the leading school of our kind in the UK, with an international reputation for the quality of our teaching and research, and for the achievements of our graduates.
Our students develop the skills and knowledge that today's workplace needs. We encourage our students to undertake dissertation projects with external organisations and they often deal directly with contemporary issues of practice in industry. Our courses have been developed in close liaison with the relevant professional bodies and most are fully accredited by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).
For individuals who are already in employment, we offer a range of exciting professional enhancement programmes that relate closely to professional practice. Some of our courses can also be taken as Postgraduate Certificates or Postgraduate Diplomas and on a full- or part-time basis.
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(https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is)
Delegate bursaries: Further Education & Health.
Full programme sponsorship.
We are the Copyright Licensing Agency and we exist to simplify copyright for content users and copyright owners.
Our mission is to help customers legally access, copy and share the published content they need, while also making sure that copyright owners are paid fair royalties for the use of their work.
What we do
For more than 30 years we’ve been providing rights and licences, as well as a growing range of services that simplify copyright by making it easier to access and re-use content.
Our range of blanket licences enable customers to copy and share extracts from published copyright content, without having to seek permission or worry about infringing copyright.
We are non profit-making, so our revenue is distributed to our member organisations who pay royalties direct to copyright owners - authors, publishers and visual artists.
The efficiency of our service, depth of our expertise and our innovative services make us the provider of choice for content users and copyright owners.
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(https://www.cla.co.uk/)
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At Keenious, we strive to ignite the passion and drive of students and researchers. Our partnership with numerous universities has allowed us to create the Keenious Research Explorer, a user-friendly tool that helps individuals access valuable knowledge and information that they may not have even known existed. Through our tool, we aim to support and enable success in their academic pursuits.
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(https://keenious.com/)
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Give your students the learning experience they need with Perlego, your online learning platform with 1m+ books from leading higher education publishers. We work in partnership with 200+ institutions worldwide to enhance their student‘s learning experience, providing affordable and seamless online access via our top-rated online reader and app. Students and faculty shouldn’t have to learn a new interface every time they open a book. Reduce the number of tools your faculty needs to adopt, with a whole library in one platform, with analytics and list creation tools built in.
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(https://www.perlego.com/)
Networking Event.
The School of Education at the University of Nottingham offers a PG Cert Higher Education Global course to enhance professional practice and improve career progression.
The course offers a global perspective on higher education and will develop you as a critically reflective, evidence-informed, practitioner.
The course is designed for professionals teaching and supporting learning in higher education including university teachers, technicians, learning technologists, academic and information skills support professionals, IT staff, research staff and recently graduated postgraduate research students.
Following a compulsory online induction, study is asynchronous and online. You will interact with other students as each module will involve group activities using online collaboration software. You will complete three modules which focus on teaching and supporting learning, course design and education inquiry.
The course starts in January and will take up to 12 months to complete.
Visit our course website: nott.ac/pgche.
Visit the website
(https://nott.ac/pgche)
Exhibitor.
CILIP is the UK’s library and information association. We work to improve services, develop our members’ expertise and champion the sector.
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(https://www.cilip.org.uk/)
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Facet Publishing is the global publisher of books for library, information and heritage professionals worldwide, and the publishing arm of CILIP. We publish a range of titles for practitioners, researchers and students authored by some of the leading minds in the field with a commitment to publishing quality content that advances our disciplines.
Information literacy publications contribute largely to our catalogue, and it is an area that we are committed to expanding further. Some new titles considering literacy include Information Literacy and Digitalization at the Workplace by Gunilla Widen and Jose Teixeira; School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing by Margaret Merga; Digital Literacy and Inclusivity in Africa by Helena Asamoah-Hassan in coordination with the African Library and Information Association.
Our publications have recently focused on academic libraries, how they function, and how they can improve for all. Our recent publications aim to reposition these institutions through decolonisation and social turn with titles from LILAC 2023 keynote speakers, Regina Everitt - co-editor of Narrative Expansions – and Sheila Corrall – co-author of The Social Future of Academic Libraries.
We are always on the lookout for ways that we can improve and expand our programme. If you have an idea, please get in touch with us at info@facetpublishing.co.uk, or with our Head of Publishing at peter.baker@facetpublishing.co.uk.
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(https://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/)
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!
