Chatting Info Lit

“Get angry and then write us a piece about it”. In Episode 14, Jess Haigh (Managing Editor of the Journal of Information Literacy) joins the podcast to demystify the publication process. She speaks to Kerrianne Orriss about the various ways a new professional can publish their work, and Jess sets out the JIL publishing process step by step, offering some great tips along the way. If you’re booked...

In this episode, we speak to Katherine Gair (Knowledge and Research Executive, Slaughter and May). She joins us to talk about the research she conducted as part of her Master's dissertation, which focuses on information literacy in further education colleges.

In this episode, we speak to Amelia Haire (Senate House Library; Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network). She joins us to talk about the research she conducted as part of her Masters dissertation, which focuses on what it means to be information literate for an autistic librarian in the academic library workplace.

"I guarantee you, you have a perspective that is valuable". In this episode, Laura Woods (PhD student at the University of Sheffield, Co-chair of the Information Literacy Group Committee) joins us to promote action learning sets at this year’s LILAC conference in Sheffield. She speaks to Kerrianne Orriss about how action learning sets work, how listeners can get involved, and why they are especial...

In this episode, we present a conversation between Eva Garcia Grau (Royal Holloway University of London) and Josh Rodda (University of Nottingham), on the topic of generative artificial intelligence and Information Literacy in UK Higher Education. Recorded at the end of a semester's teaching on AI literacy, Eva and Josh discuss how their institutions have responded to the challenges of generative...

After a short hiatus, Chatting Info Lit returns! In this episode, we talk to two school librarians: Jacob Lusk (International School of London) and Eleni Karakosta (Raha International School, Khalifa City Campus). Jacob and Eleni share their experiences of taking on a school library role, teaching information literacy for children, interacting with students and teachers, and getting involved in la...

In this special documentary episode, we look back over 50 years of Information Literacy with guests William Badke, Moira Bent, Debbi Boden-Angell, James Elmborg, Jane Secker, and Geoff Walton! Sharing experiences, influences, and stories across a range of contexts, they discuss the definition of Information Literacy, the formation of the CILIP ILG, the need for librarians to be taken seriously as...

In this episode, Ella Wharton chats to Jess Haigh (Leeds Beckett University) about LILAC Stories - a project Jess is undertaking to mark the 20th anniversary of the LILAC Conference. LILAC Stories is intended to showcase the positive impact LILAC has had on individuals' practice, to demonstrate the benefit of conference attendance. As well as talking about her research, and her ambitions for the p...

In this episode, Tom Peach (York St John University) shares his experience of stepping into a management role as a new professional, and chats to Bethan Morgan about the challenges, opportunities, and new perspectives that managing library staff can bring. Tom's invaluable advice covers imposter syndrome, sources of support, and how to avoid the temptation to micro-manage - essential listening for...

In this episode our guest, Drew Whitworth (University of Manchester), chats to Josh Rodda about the remote island of Saint Helena. Perhaps best known as the venue for Napoleon's exile, Saint Helena has a deeper history of commercial governance and scientific research, and the arrival of high-speed internet is about to have lasting effects on its consumption and production of information. Drew has...

In this episode, Corin Peacock (Arts University Bournemouth) tells Ella Wharton about self-tracking as a form of Information Literacy within the LGBTQ+ community. The conversation, arising from Corin's research at Sheffield, covers the use (and implications) of self-tracking apps in the context of wellbeing challenges and the rise of anti-trans rhetoric. Corin also recalls their experience of work...

Podcasting eats itself this episode, as we are joined by guests Jane Secker & Chris Morrison (Copyright Waffle) and Mark Childs (one half of Pedagodzilla, with Mike Collins). Recorded in front of a live audience at LILAC 2023, the conversation covers all things podcasting and information literacy! We chat to our guests about how to get started casting the pods, and how the format works as a teachi...

In this episode, Bethan Morgan (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust) chats to Frankie Marsh (University of Cambridge) about the link between information literacy and decolonisation in academic libraries. Frankie also shares the story of how she conducted and published research on decolonisation as a new professional. Details of all publications mentioned will be shared via the Chatting Info...

Welcome to Chatting Info Lit! In this first episode, Ella Wharton (University of Nottingham) chats to Katie Wise (Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust), about the importance of health literacy. Katie also talks about Conversations of Care, a communication training project developed at Royal Berkshire Hospital.