LILAC 2022 : Student transitions in information literacy :  from school to HE, from learners to researchers TAGS: conference | critical information skills | digital skills | e-books | information literacy | reading lists | students | transition The LILAC 2022 conference in Manchester this April was a challenge and a pleasure to attend :  my first real life, in person conference for two years! I put aside …Continue reading →

Critical Approaches to Libraries 2021(CALC) Day 2 TAGS: antiracism | conference | critical information skills | decolonialising | Diversity | pandemic | race | reading lists | subject guides | unconscious bias | video It is once again Conference Season, where academic librarians would usually be collecting a variety of colourful lanyards, discussing who had the best snacks with mid-morning coffee and which exhibitors …Continue reading →

Attending LIBER and REDUX 2020 Conferences Online TAGS: conference | LIBER | open access | Plan S | REDUX | S2O In our continuous shift towards digital culture, and of course during the pandemic, conferences have been adapting their programmes to online formats. This is no mean feat, particularly as even the best laid plans can have …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2019 (January 2020): Collaboration Across the Nations TAGS: conference | Dealing with Data | videos Picture the scene: A cold January day, the wind blowing the scarves of the passers-by through the large windows of the Informatics Forum meeting room. The group inside listens, takes …Continue reading →

Dealing with Data 2019- Call for Contributions *Deadline Extended* TAGS: Collaboration | conference | Dealing with Data | DwD2019 *We have had several requests for an extension to the submission deadline, so, we have decided to extend it until 12 noon on Friday 11th October!* Dealing with Data 2019 …Continue reading →

OER16: Open Culture TAGS: conference | education | OER | open knowledge A great conference and always a friendly crowd. OER16, the 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, will be held at the University of Edinburgh on the 19th-20th April 2016.

Alan Greenwood’s ‘Mexican Misadventure’ TAGS: 1958 | alan william greenwood | conference | congress | floods | james ebeneezer wilson | mexico | mexico city | poultry Many of the scientists who feature in our collections were extremely well-travelled, and their archives abound with information about the conferences, congresses and conventions which they attended all over the …Continue reading →