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A series of workshops at the University of Cambridge, in October-November 2016, will explore how Big Data is reshaping the worlds of work, production and employment. Information and data literacy […]

The House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee has recently published its report on the digital skills crisis in the UK. The opening lines of the summary set the scene: “The evidence is clear […]

On behalf of Knowledge Exchange (KE), InformAll has produced a report on approaches to research data management (RDM) training undertaken by universities and infrastructure providers.  This work has helped to reinforce InformAll’s interest in skills and competences associated with research data – an important component of information literacy. In today’s changing research environment, there is […]

In February 2016, the Tinder Foundation and CILIP’s Information Literacy Group organised two TeachMeet events to explore, with professionals from the public, academic and further education library sectors, how digital literacy contributes to address the challenge of digital inclusion. The report from the two meetings, which attracted around 40 participants each in London and Leeds, […]

On behalf of SCONUL – the Society for College, National and University Libraries – InformAll has produced a resource that explains how information literacy contributes to the employability of graduates […]

Knowledge Exchange (KE) has commissioned InformAll to report on approaches to research data management (RDM) training undertaken by universities and infrastructure providers. The project runs from […]

TeenTech, in association with the CILIP Information Literacy Group, has produced a series of six nicely-designed leaflets aimed at encouraging school students to develop basic research skills. Importantly, all this material has some bearing on information literacy. The colourful flyers, available as pdf files […]

InformAll held the inaugural meeting of its Board of Directors on 8 January 2016. This was another milestone in our establishment, and was the opportunity to confirm formally the legal and business basis of the company […]

The CILIP Information Literacy Group – which encourages debate and the exchange of knowledge in all aspects of information literacy within and beyond the library and information sciences world – has just appointed two new members to its committee: Marc Foster, as Health Sector Representative; and Stéphane Goldstein, as Advocacy and Outreach Officer. This latter […]

The December 2015 edition of the Journal of Information Literacy is now available. This includes articles on students’ views of information literacy in the context of library and information science education, and whether gaming can improve teenagers’ information literacy, as well as a report from the recent European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2015).