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nb please contact Phillip at [log in to unmask] if you want to attend, not me! APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING Title: Information Literacy: more than skills Date: Tuesday 8 February 2005 Time: 6.30 pm Venue: The Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London EC1 Speaker: Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield Sheila Webber will outline her view of information literacy, and why she thinks it is important to see it as a subject domain of importance to all citizens and not just a set of skills. Sheila is a Lecturer in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, and a Fellow of CILIP. Her current interests include information literacy and weblogs (see http://ciquest.shef.ac.uk/infolit/). Previous jobs include Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Head of the British Library Business Information Service and Manager of BLAISE Online Services. CILIP in London evening meetings are free and open to all with a professional interest in the topic. Refreshments will be available afterwards. As space is limited, please let us know if you are coming. Contact Phillip Powell at [log in to unmask] or on 020 7416 5345. --------------------- Sheila Webber, Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, Sheff ield S1 4DP, UK. Email [log in to unmask] Tel. (0044) 0114 222 2641 Fax 0114 278 0300 The Information Literacy Weblog: http://ciquest.shef.ac.uk/infolit/