If you’ve been inspired by #LILAC24 & you’re planning your own project or research, or if you’re one of our amazing presenters, you should also think about writing for publication. Take a look at the Journal of Information Literacy & CommInfoLit for advice & information.

The VC of Leeds Beckett Professor Peter Slee welcoming us to #LILAC24 - always great to see a VC understanding the importance of IL (and librarians) - “the most important conference we’ll have here this year”

“A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls.” Walt Whitman, born on this day in 1819

📢Join @beckettlibrary 5-9 Dec. for a social media takeover discussing #OneShotTeaching .Leeds Beckett Library Academic Support Team are a central team of Librarians,Academic Skills Tutors,Research Support Staff & Digital Learning Developers working across 2 Leeds campuses #LoveLD

I have just warned global leaders at #COP27 :

We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.

Our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible.

We need urgent #ClimateAction .

My name is Kate, I am 61 today (since you’re asking) and all I want for my birthday is a functioning government and ministers guided by democracy & public service rather than self interest & personal advantage. Can anyone help my dreams come true?

‘...brass bands; barrel organs; in the triumph and the jingle and the strange high singing of some aeroplane overhead was what she loved; life; London; this moment of June.’

Happy #DallowayDay ! 🎉

🖊️Here's how we're celebrating: bit.ly/RSLDD22

People with #refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds have found leading walking tours in Leeds can help them integrate better and build better understanding between communities. A two-year study led by SchoolofETHM looked at how tourism could help them - ow.ly/T9MN50JbRus

What do you need from e-books in the NHS?
@NHS_HealthEdEng is conducting user research into e-books provided by NHS library services.
Please complete this short survey! It should take no more than 10 minutes of your time.
surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BDDTRRY

It is profoundly immoral, shameful, and, frankly, evil to propose sending those seeking sanctuary from regimes that abuse human rights to a country with a record of human rights abuses.

And then there were four! #LILAC22 was amazing, good work everyone. So great to be on the way home with that familiar ‘tired but reinvigorated’ feeling again. So many thought-provoking conversations, but so much fun too. And we were so well looked after throughout ManMetConference.

Later mention of this amazing session. Pestalozzian principles in post-COVID praxis: IL through a musician’s eye - understanding the whole. Truly interesting and inspiring, and worth revisiting/catching-up with the presentation. #LILAC22

If any other Marias at #LILAC22 , please do come forward so we can take a photo where I’m not pulling such a weird face. 😂

“I don’t know how you wake up in the morning if you don’t believe the world could be different.” 💜 - keynote speaker Emily Drabinski #LILAC22

Thanks so much to everyone who attended and participated in my info lit as activism session today...Open Letter and other resources can be found at academicebookinvestigation.org #LILAC22
#ebooksos

So Marilyn covered in her video that 97% of our profession is white and to me that question lands as 'why is it a problem that 97% of our profession is white?'

If that question resonates with you in the year 2022 then maybe sit with that for a while and reflect.

#LILAC22

Marylin Clarke on ‘Decolonisation as a means to creating an equitable future’ - representation matters hugely, we should not underestimate its power. Librarians - look at the groups you’re teaching and acknowledge who your audience is, it’s important to think about that. #LILAC22

I got up at 5.30 this morning to join LILAC Conference. There aren’t many things I would do it for! Really looking forward to being with you all in person again. 💜 #LILAC22

The first of our English as an Additional Language (EAL) online drop-In will be on Fri 4 Feb 12:30 - 13:15.
These sessions are for students with any short academic english questions. Book via MyHub: bit.ly/S4LWorkshops

Today sees the start of LGBT+ History Month 2022, this year the theme is Politics In Art. We have created a list of resources to give you more information on the five artists selected to represent the L,G,B,T and ‘+’ of the community. wke.lt/w/s/aC4K44