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Apologies for cross-posting Dear Colleagues, Information Skills in Practice: Findings from the Big Blue Information skills seems to be the topic on everyone's lips, but what are people doing about it? The Big Blue is a JISC-funded project which, over the last 12 months, has surveyed the provision of information skills training for students in the higher and post-16 education sectors. Drawing on the results of an audit, review of the literature and case studies the Information Skills Toolkit has been devised to provide guidance and ideas on key aspects of information skills training. Want to find out more? The come along to a free half-day event to be held at Manchester Metropolitan University on 21 June, between 10.00am and 1.00pm. There will also be a chance to hear how the University of York has tackled this issue through the Iliad (information Literacy in All Departments) programme. For more information or to book a place please e-mail [log in to unmask] Other events will be held including one tailored for those working in the post-16 sector at Thomas Danby College, Leeds, on 11 July and a joint event with the Citscapes project on 1 July at Glasgow University. More details to follow. Louise Makin Research Officer The Big Blue Manchester Metropolitan University Tel. 0161 247 6562 e-mail: [log in to unmask] website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/bigblue