DEBBI BODEN

Biography:  Debbi Boden is a Faculty Team Leader at Imperial College London.  She is chair of the Library Information Literacy Group and lead on the project to create the College's Online Information Literacy Programme, Olivia.  Debbi is also Chair and founder of the CILIP CSG Information Literacy Group whose aim is to promote IL across all sectors, and who recently organised the LILAC 2005 conference.  Previously, she was Heath Studies Service Manager at the University of Luton and has also worked at De Montfort University and Cranfield University.

Title: Lessons from LILAC 2005 (Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference

Summary: This session will reflect on issues that have emerged from the first LILAC conference and consider how we can move the Information Literacy agenda forward.  The traditional role of a librarian was to concentrate on locating resources, that role has now changed to include critical evaluation and analysis, how to identify quality resources and how to manage information effectively.  Skills such as these empower people to make informed decisions about the information they are looking at.  Information Literacy is part of life long learning, it is a core transferable skill which everyone not only requires but is entitled to in today's 'global information society'.