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CILIP in Scotland is hosting a major one day conference for the library and education community on 19th March in Glasgow. This important event aims to show that libraries play a key role in supporting formal and informal learning. It will consider how libraries are responding to the challenges set by Government economic strategy which is driving demands for new knowledge, skills and behaviour in the knowledge economy. Programme Chair: TBC 10.00 Registration and coffee 10.30 Welcome and introduction 10.45 Information literacy, libraries and learning (Rhona Arthur, Assistant Director SLIC/CILIPS) 11.15 Information literacy meets Web 2.0 (Peter Godwin Academic Liaison Librarian, University of Bedfordshire) 11.45 Skills for Scotland: a lifelong skills strategy ( Speaker TBC) 12.15 Spotlight - Are we having fun yet? Developing interactive lectures and presentations (Andy Jackson, Teaching and Learning Librarian, Dundee University) 12.45 Lunch 1.30 Spotlight - Access Apps (Margaret McKay, e-advisor: Accessibility and Inclusion, JISC RSC-SW Scotland) 2pm Spotlight: Promoting information literacy in the workplace: the Scottish Government information literacy strategy (Jenny Foreman, Information Literacy manager and Lesley Thomson) 2.30 Spotlight – Prison learning 3pm Spotlight -Information literacy in the health service – a case study 3.30 Closing remarks Costs: CILIP members: £90; institutional members: £120 non-members £140 Further information and to book: www.slainte.org.uk/events