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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Nov 18

We were deeply honored to host the first Project Information Literacy (PIL) tour across Australia. Heartfelt thanks to Dr. Alison Head the founder of PIL for sharing her invaluable research: How Information Worlds Shape Our Response to Climate Change projectinfolit.org/pubs/climate...
#PILTour2024

How Information Worlds Shape Our Response to Climate Change | Project Information Literacy

Findings from Project Information Literacy’s latest research report on how people encounter and respond to climate change.

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · 23d

Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever:

In challenging times of book bans and #GenAI when information literacy & critical thinking are essential libraries play a vital role in supporting communities
Recording via @sydney.edu.au

www.library.sydney.edu.au/about/news/r...

#Libraries #InfoLit #Knowledge

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Aug 21

I was also very grateful to work with Alison last year to arrange PIL Tour 2024 a speaking tour across four Australian cities showcasing the latest PIL research How Information Worlds Shape Our Response to Climate Change.
projectinfolit.org/publications...
#PILTour #InfoLit #Libraries

The Project Information Literacy Archive

Project Information Literacy (PIL) was a nonprofit research institute based in the San Francisco Bay Area that published a series of 14 open-access research reports between 2008 – 2025, before closing...

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Aug 21

PIL was a nonprofit helping librarians & educators understand how students engage with info. Their research inspired my teaching & shaped my info literacy practice. I’ve used PIL reports for years to improve library instruction. #InfoLit #Libraries #PIL

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Aug 21

Project Information Literacy (PIL) Farewell:

With deep regret I share that #PIL will end as an active #research institute in 2025.

Founder Alison Head said “The primary reason is that funding has become increasingly difficult to secure.”

PIL reports here projectinfolit.org
#InfoLit #Libraries

The Project Information Literacy Archive

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Always Carry A Book

#Books #Libraries

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Jun 27

About time we reignite 🚀 Friday Library Quiz:

1. Can you guess which new series this Library appears in?

Bonus point: Which British city is the school library set in?

#FridayLibQuiz #Libraries

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Jun 23

Librarians and educators: focusing on critical thinking skills will be at the forefront of future Gen AI Literacy for students and citizens.

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study

time.com/7295195/ai-c...

#GenAI #HigherEducation #Libraries #CriticalThinking

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Jun 16

Core values of libraries and society:

Information Warriors, Unite
Librarians must continue to uphold, protect, and defend democracy

americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/05/01/i...

#Libraries #FreedomofSpeech #InformationAccess

Information Warriors, Unite | American Libraries Magazine

As we saw with the executive order calling for the elimination of IMLS, libraries—and everything we value—are under attack.

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · May 13

Look out next they'll be burning the books!

#Libraries

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump abruptly fires librarian of Congress in latest purge of government

Carla Hayden, first woman and first African American to hold post, dismissed in terse email on Thursday night

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · May 7

‘Libraries & archives embracing indigenous ways of knowing: bringing a social justice lens to build reciprocal relationships, truth telling, emotional wellbeing & care to transform the colonial project.’

Awesome insights from @kirstenthorpe.bsky.social #IndigenousLibrarianship
#Libraries #CritLib

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · May 1

It's International Workers Day ✊

Solidarity to all our Library and Book Workers

#MayDay #Libraries

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Apr 24

Book banning and bracing our communities:

‘In this age of digital exposure and misinformation, librarians play a more vital role than ever.’

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thanks @alisonhicks0.bsky.social

#bookbans #misinformation #libraries

Trump-style book censorship is spreading – just ask British librarians | Alison Hicks

UK school librarians are also coming under pressure to remove books from their shelves, says Alison Hicks, associate professor in library and information studies at UCL

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Apr 17

Long Shot kinda day

#Pioneers #Trojan

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Mar 25

Open Education Advocacy and Action:
Awesome talk by Dave Ernst from @openednetwork.bsky.social on the OER journey and strategies for librarians engaging with educators.
And great role play with @ashthelibrarian.bsky.social
#OERCollective #Libraries #OpenAccess #OpenTextBooks

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Mar 19

Librarians 📣
Join in this special #LARK webinar event looking at library practice-based research:
Connections and Collaborations in Public Libraries: LIS Research with @kayoddone.bsky.social & @drjanegarner.bsky.social
lark.alia.org.au/event/webina...
@larkollektive.bsky.social
#Libraries #Research

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Mar 14

Open Education DownUndOER:
Great collection of case studies showcasing #OpenEducationalPractice
#OpenTextBooks
#OpenAccess
#OpenPedagogy
Thanks @ashthelibrarian.bsky.social and CAUL team

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Journal of Information Literacy @jinfolit.bsky.social · Feb 26

Critical workplace information literacy Laying the groundwork for a new construct, by Dijana Šobota (Vol.17, No.1). [Critical IL Special Issue]

journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/article/...

#InfoLit #CritLib

Critical workplace information literacy: Laying the groundwork for a new construct | Journal of Information Literacy

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Mar 3

Great overview of #InformationLiteracy practice & research in Australia from the last 50 years:
New ways of adapting and delivering IL instruction for librarians and educators.
Nice mention of #PILTour2024 thanks @thorpeclare.bsky.social
#Libraries #InfoLit
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Participation, Practice, and Publications: Fifty Years of Information Literacy Research and Activity in Australia

2024 marks fifty years since Paul Zurkowski, P. [(1974). The information service environment relationships and priorities. (Related Paper No. 5). National Commission on Libraries and Information Sc...

www.tandfonline.com

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Feb 28

Fun time at work this week filming the latest instalments for video series Critical Thinking for Study and Workplace.
Nice partnership with library, teachers, tech team & awesome industry partners.
Can’t wait to share with academics & students to support their teaching and learning.
#LibraryLife

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Feb 21

‘In the City there’s a thousand things I want to say to you’

The Jam were & still are 1 of my fav bands. At 15 their music helped me survive suburban adolescence & into a glorious world of bands, fashion & subcultures.

Been reminiscing & playing a lot of Jam vinyl this week.

#RIPRick #TheJam

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Feb 13

'My heart will not be shushed'

Explore, cherish and celebrate your local library today

#LibraryLoversDay poem by Henry Normal

Drawing of a librarian reading from a book next to the poem 'my heart will not be shushed'
I fell for a librarian I asked her to be mine I said 'my love for you is overdue' and she said Fine

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Feb 10

Library workers: see this fab starter pack for LIS research and researchers
#Libraries #Research #LARK

LARK (Library Applied Research Kollektive) @larkollektive.bsky.social · Feb 4

📣See LARK's new starter pack:

Library and Information Science Research in Practice

Follow those interested in sharing good practice and join in the conversation on the power of research in practice to inform and inspire the LIS profession.

go.bsky.app/Pbv1V1A

#Libraries #EvidenceBased #Research

Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Feb 6

The Library Rocks!

“It offers us hope that we can do something, that we can make a change, that we can advance”

lithub.com/its-official...

#Libraries #SocialGood

It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better.

Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks. A study from the New York Public Library surveyed 1,974 users on how the library makes them feel and how it affects t…

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Paul Jewell @pauljewell.bsky.social · Feb 4

Gen AI and refining our 'iterative interactions'
Great report to assist educators & librarians supporting students & citizens #AILiteracy

A framework for the Learning and Teaching of Critical AI Literacy skills
via @openuniversity.bsky.social
about.open.ac.uk/sites/about....

#InfoLit #Libraries

Cover of open university report with title A Framework for the Learning and Teaching of Critical AI Literacy

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CILIP Information Literacy Group @infolitgroup.bsky.social · Jan 31

Want more Information Literacy in your Bluesky feed?

We have made The Information Literacy Starter Pack, created by and for Information Literacy practitioners, professionals, and peers.

If you would like to be added to the starter pack, just let us know!

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The Information Literacy Starter Pack

Join the conversation

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