Postponement of the key information literacy conferences #LILAC20 and @WILUConference

Both the UK's LILAC 2020 conference (due to take place in April) and Canada's 2020 WILU conference (due to take place in May) have been postponed to 2021. Those already registered for LILAC can get refunds or be able to defer their bookings to 2021. WILU have announced that the 2021 conference will be located in the same venue as the planned 2020 one, i.e. Halifax, Canada.

Student bursaries for #LILAC20

Student bursaries for the UK's information literacy conference, LILAC (taking place April 6-8 2020 in Nottingham, UK) are on offer. Closing date for applications is 7th February. "The award (named in honour of former Information Literacy Group Vice Chair Rowena Macrae-Gibson) entitles two students to attend LILAC. The award includes a full conference place, including networking evening and conference dinner, and UK travel and accommodation expenses up to the value of £225. The award is aimed at newly qualifying professionals. We welcome applications from full-time or part-time students (including distance-learners) registered for a UK-based first degree or taught postgraduate qualification in information/library studies or information literacy (IL). It is not essential that applicants are current members of CILIP or its Information Literacy Group." For more info go to https://www.lilacconference.com/awards/student-sponsored-places

Conference programme for #LILAC20 available

The draft programme for the LILAC (UK information literacy) conference is available. The conference takes place in Manchester. UK, 6-8 April 2020.
I'm looking forward to running a workshop on the Wednesday, with my colleague Dr Pam McKinney and Professor Annemaree Lloyd and Dr Alison Hicks from University College London on Spaces, materiality and information literacy practice: mapping information landscapes as a way to improve user support and Pam is also presenting The information literacy of food and activity tracking in 3 communities: parkrunners, people with type 2 diabetes and people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (coauthored with Andrew Cox & Laura Sbaffi).
Pam and I will be liveblogging from the conference as usual and the Information School here at Sheffield is one of the sponsors.
Go to https://www.lilacconference.com/lilac-2020/conference-programme and click on draft programme.