Speakman wins IL award

It was announced at the LILAC conference that the winner of the ILG Information Literacy Award 2023 is Louise Speakman for Systematic Review Conversations. This award was sponsored by the Information School, University of Sheffield, and the photo shows Speakman (right) with my colleague Dr Pam McKinney representing the iSchool. The judges had commented "This work presents an important initiative for tackling the development of health information literacy. The ‘Systematic Review Conversations’ programme provides a key communication channel for sharing expertise with an external audience, and several successful events have formed part of the initiative. Opening the material to a wider audience via the YouTube Channel provides a needed accessible route to learning about the process of searching, evaluating and synthesising health information for the purposes of informed decision-making for all, breaking the barriers of institutional silos and opening a route to online sharing and collaboration. We are looking forward to how this programme progresses in the future" (source).