New articles: IL in Workplace; Schools; Curriculum mapping; Supporting communities; Teaching through popular culture

The latest issue of open access Journal of Information Literacy (Vol. 19 No. 2, 2025) is available. The articles are:
- Mapping the core dimensions of information literacy in the critical and workplace domain A thematic analysis by Dijana Šobota
- Integrating service-learning into information literacy education A case study from the Philippines by Ana Mae Cantel, Eun Youp Rha,
- Toward a coherent framework for school-based information literacy Delphi-based expert perspectives on competence and implementation by Ivana Martinović
- Reflection as a means to assess information literacy instruction by Natalia Kapacinskas, Veronica Arellano Douglas, Erica Lopez, Mea Warren
- Teaching critical information literacy through popular culture A media studies approach using the Oz texts by Daniel Williford
- Using Nuthall’s ideas to conceptualise and support children’s information needs by Andrew Shenton
- Information literacy without walls Comparative insights from India’s implementation and Greece’s emerging approaches by Nihar K Patra, Panorea Gaitanou
- Curriculum mapping for identifying and assessing information literacy teaching in humanities and social sciences libraries by Paul Cooke
Go to https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/issue/view/55
Photo by Sheila Webber: gingko leaves on a bench, November 2025

Philippines fact checking

tsek.ph is a "collaborative fact-checking project for the 2025 Philippines’ elections. It is an initiative of academe, media and civil society to counter disinformation and provide the public with verified information."
They check " Platforms and campaign promises of candidates; Election-related statements and remarks made by candidates, personalities, government agencies, and other entities; and Election-related posts on social media, blogs and other platforms."
There is an example from 11 February 20205 here - showing how a photo had been edited.
Go to  https://www.tsek.ph/ and you can also follow on social media e.g. on Bluesky

Youth leader training in the Philippines

Rappler, #FactsFirstPH and Deutsche Welle are sponsoring training of youth leaders from Luzon and Mindanao (the Philippines) in media and information literacy in July/August 2024, in a programme called Movers for Facts. After the training they are expected to follow up by hosting workshops or creating media for their communities.There is a "a focus on countering disinformation. Participants will gain a better understanding of the current media landscape and work together to promote digital resilience against disinformation in their own communities. "

Rappler. (2024, June 28). Rappler, Deutsche Welle to train youth leaders to promote media literacy. https://www.rappler.com/moveph/deutsche-welle-training-youth-leaders-promote-media-literacy/ (you have to register (free) to see the whole story, though initially I saw the whole thing without registering; not sure how/why)
Photo by Sheila Webber: sandy beach, Bournemouth, June 2024

Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy

PAMIL (Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy) is an organisation for Media and Information Literacy educators, trainers, practitioners, and advocates in the Philippines. It is the official Philippine Chapter of the UNESCO MIL Alliance. There is a small amount of information on its website https://pamil.org.ph/about/ but they seem to use Facebook to distribute current information https://www.facebook.com/PAMIL.PH
At the moment they are advertising the hybrid 6th National Forum on MIL event which takes place February 9-10 2024. Note that of course it takes place in the Philippines time zone.
It is priced but the prices for online participation are very low - look on Facebook for the best information, and here is the registration form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScM_AwAz61wI0lEhSoGbckUaqJ0fnN0wGqnKl6CxgnOdc0zTA/viewform Last date for registration is 31 January 2024

New articles: training trainers; Il programmes in HE; Advocacy; projects

Articles in the latest issue of the open-access Journal of Information Literacy (vol 14 issue 1) are:
- Training the trainer to embed IL into curricula by Michael Flierl, Rachel Fundator, Jason Reed, Bethany McGowan, Chao Cai and Clarence Maybee
- A review of information literacy programmes in higher education by Delyth Morris
- Advocacy engagement by Peggy Nzomo and Paul Fehrmann (this "sought to identify what skills, knowledge, and behaviours (SKBs) in advocacy engagement are closely associated with information literacy skills")
- The amazing library race: Developing students' media and information literacy skills through games (project report) by Joseph Marmol Yap and Janice Penaflor (initiatives in the Philippines and Kazakhstan)
- Library SkillUP: Digital information skills module for students at the University of Hertfordshire (project report) by Monica Jane Rivers-Latham, Helen Singer and Louise Conway
Go to https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/issue/view/213
Photo by Sheila Webber: cherry blossom petals and borage, April 2020

Recent articles: Human library; infolit of management science students

Just published (despite the 2017 date):
- Yap, J., Labangon, D. and Cajes, M. (2017) Defining, Understanding and Promoting Cultural Diversity Through the Human Library Program. Pakistan Journal of Information Management & Libraries (PJIM&L), 19, 1-12. http://journals.pu.edu.pk/journals/index.php/pjiml/article/view/1012 ("This case study documents the human library program [in the Philippines] as an alternative source of information which promotes cultural diversity to improve many facets of literacies which include media and information literacy. Human library aims to lessen our prejudices and makes us more tolerant individuals. In order to achieve cultural equality and social inclusivity, DLSU Libraries continues to offer human library sessions to form critical thinkers, lifelong learners and catalysts for social transformation. Most readers thought that the most important learning experience they gained while reading the books was to accept and understand each one of us as unique individuals. The human library program encourages people to be more tolerant and embolden acceptance."

- Rafique, G. and Khan, H. (2017). Skills Needed to Improve the Information Literacy of Pakistani Management Sciences’ Students. Pakistan Journal of Information Management & Libraries (PJIM&L), 19, 52-73. http://journals.pu.edu.pk/journals/index.php/pjiml/article/view/1014
Photo by Sheila Webber: Hawthorn and cherry blossom, May 2018