The 2006 LILAC information Literacy conference will take place in Leeds, UK, 27-29 March. It is organised by the CILIP CSG Information Literacy Group. Conference themes are: Embedding and enriching; Information Literacy and citizenship; New areas of practice and research; Practical approaches to Information Literacy; Staff development and Information Literacy; Strategic approaches to Information Literacy. There is a call for papers and posters for which there is a deadline of 30 November 2005.The keynote speakers are: Lynne Brindley (British Library), Peter Brophy (Manchester Metropolitan University), Philip Candy (NHS Connecting for Health), Jonathan Douglas (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Dorothy Williams (The Robert Gordon University). There are discounts for early booking, Group members and presenters. There are rates for the full conference, and for individual days.
For more information and forms for papers and bookings go to:
http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/ bysubject/informationliteracy/lilac/lilac2006
(Photo by S. Webber: Sedum and hydrangea, Hailsham, Oct. 2005)