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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · 2d

Have an interest in Information Literacy and want to get started in academic publishing? JIL is looking for Associate Editors! journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/announce... this is a great opportunity to be mentored by Alison, and to see the inner workings of journals and research.

The Journal of Information Literacy seeks 3-5 Associate Editors to co-manage the content, quality, and direction of the journal. | Journal of Information Literacy

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 8d

Our CILIP LGBTQ+ Network seeks a new Chair. You'll act as leading officer, informing the decisions made to raise awareness & advise Library, Knowledge & Information workers on LGBTQ+ subjects. Role open to those identifying as LGBTQ+ or Queer. informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/chair-u...

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LILAC Conference @lilacconf.bsky.social · 8d

We are very pleased to announce that the #LILAC26 Call for Presentations is now open! Find out about the different types of presentation you can submit and how to submit on the #LILAC website: buff.ly/cICI5lk #infolit #digilit

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LILAC is an annual conference covering all aspects of information literacy and is a firm favourite in the calendar of information professionals. The conference is brimming with new ideas, innovative…

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 9d

The Anakin and Padme meme with alternating pics of Anakin and Padme. Anakin says We pledge a library in every primary school. Padme replies, cheerfully, With a librarian, right? Anakin merely stares at her. Now, with a look of fear, she repeats, With a librarian, right?

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · 14d

Why can't they blow their own noses?????

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · 14d

journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/announce... if you have been part of this and want to write about it anonymously we in the UK library land are here for you

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 15d

This is NOT just america. This is happening here. Local coverage of it, if you can bear the pop up ads....

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2548259...

#UKKidlit #Edusky

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LILAC Conference @lilacconf.bsky.social · 16d

If you're thinking about submitting an abstract for #LILAC26 but you have questions, or would like some practical tips, come along to the @infolitgroup.bsky.social online workshop on Friday 3 October, 12-1pm BST. Book your place ⬇️

Select tickets – Submitting a LILAC abstract – Teams

Submitting a LILAC abstract – Teams, Fri 3 Oct 2025 - Facilitators: Laura Woods and Sam Aston We would like to invite you to attend a workshop to discuss practical tips for submitting an abstract to…

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LILAC Conference @lilacconf.bsky.social · 27d

There’s still time to apply to join the #LILAC review panel. Play a critical part in our conferences, contribute to the #infolit discussion & have something great for your CV!

Applications close in one week (18 Sept)⬇️

www.lilacconference.com/about-lilac/reviewers

Call for reviewers

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · 27d

If you haven't seen it, the Journal of Information Literacy has a call for papers out for a special issue on censorship/banned words and why words matter. We're based in the UK and can publish anonymously journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/announce...

Special Issue: Banned Words, Banned Knowledge: Information Literacy in a Censored Society | Journal of Information Literacy

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · 29d

They do play proper tunes in ASDA.... www.tiktok.com/@stefftodd/v...

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was showing the difference between a quotation and a paraphrase. I used the sentence "Vygotsky is the GOAT" to sum up a three sentence paragraph explaining that Vygotsky is, in fact, the GOAT. And did I get a single laugh? Yes, and yes I will be living on that high for the rest of this term.

Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · Sep 8

A slide from my med school syphilis talk

Antibiotics for syphilis. GOATED: penicillin. Sus: doxycycline, ceftriaxone. Ohio: azithromycin, linezolid.

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Patrick Jackson @pehjackson.bsky.social · Sep 8

A slide from my med school syphilis talk

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're doing a two night Brownie camp in half term for £60 including all food/activities etc. £185 seems excessive.

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Sep 5

the whooooooole thing :) BRILLIANT timing

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yup, yup yup yup

College & Research Libraries (C&RL) @crl-acrl.bsky.social · Aug 28

New Article from C&RL: "'I don't think librarians can save us:' The material conditions of information literacy instruction in the misinformation age" by Amber Willenborg and Robert Detmering.

Read it online for free from C&RL: bit.ly/crl-864-2

New Article: "I don't think librarians can save us": The material conditions of information literacy instruction in the misinformation age.

Authors: Amber Willenborg & Robert Detmering. This national qualitative study investigates academic librarians’ instructional experiences, views, and challenges regarding the widespread problem of misinformation. Findings from phenomenological interviews reveal a tension between librarians’ professional, moral, and civic obligations to address misinformation and the actual material conditions of information literacy instruction, which influence and often constrain librarians’ pedagogical and institutional roles. The authors call for greater professional reflection on current information literacy models that focus on achieving ambitious educational goals, but which may be unsuitable for addressing the larger social and political crisis of misinformation.

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Aug 29

Started King and Conqueror knowing nothing about it except the posters, and I was very much presuming that James Norton was playing William because Harold quite famously were the one with the moustache.

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Journal of Information Literacy @jinfolit.bsky.social · Aug 25

Special Issue: Banned Words, Banned Knowledge: Information Literacy in a Censored Society

Call for Papers: The Journal of Information Literacy invites submissions related to #InfoLit and terms erased or banned by the US government.

Deadline: 1 June 2026

Info: journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/announce...

Special Issue: Banned Words, Banned Knowledge: Information Literacy in a Censored Society | Journal of Information Literacy

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today in AI Is Not A Good Source For Learning About The World's Most Misunderstood Body Part, meet this ChatGPT gem.

Funnily enough, we're actually going to talk about how most of this is kinda sorta right (for small values of right), as a cautionary tale about generative AI.

Screenshot of a reddit post: ChatGPT asked if I wanted a diagram of what's going on inside my pregnant belly.

A screenshot of ChatGPT's response. It is a side view of a foetus gestating in the uterus. The foetus is head-up with no umbilical cord or placenta. Behind the uterus is the rectum, which is unlabelled. Trailing down from between the rectum and spine, extending beneath the buttocks to the inner thigh is a yellow line labelled "pudendal nerve. At the front is an oval-shaped part labelled "cervix". And then we really struggle to image describe this bit. The uterus and the bladder are both attached to a single part which is long inside, then extends downwards into a penis with a single exist. This penis is labelled "rectum".

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Alison Hicks @alisonhicks0.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Journal of Information Literacy has announced a new special issue on information literacy and censorship- please consider submitting your work! Given political tensions, we will be permitting pseudonymous submissions. Please contact me or @bookelf.bsky.social with questions- DMs open!

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Aug 22

EXCITING THINGS ARE AFOOT (Check your LIS-LINK).

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LILAC Conference @lilacconf.bsky.social · Aug 22

Have you applied to join the #LILAC review panel yet? You could play a critical part in our conference and shape & support the development of #infolit Plus, it’s something great for your CV! Applications close 18 Sept 2025. buff.ly/0wJd1LL

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LILAC is an annual conference covering all aspects of information literacy and is a firm favourite in the calendar of information professionals. The conference is brimming with new ideas, innovative…

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Aug 20

The amount of times my work has been cited in course committees etc as good practice and can I now find all this? Can I heck. If someone says something nice about you WRITE IT DOWN.

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Aug 20

As I continue my quest to finish my SFHEA I am reflecting that, whilst Chartership taught me to write down everything I ever do, and the PGCHE taught me to reflect on what I do afterwards, SFHEA is teaching me to keep every bit of feedback you ever get

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Jess @bookelf.bsky.social · Aug 12

With the job market being as it is at the moment maybe we shouldn't have been as dismissive of this....

Mobeena @mobeena.bsky.social · Aug 12

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