Gill Morris
Posted in digital literacy, disability, events, learning & teaching, student experience, TeachMeet, Welsh universities, WHELF
José Lopez Blanco writes: On the 12th of May 2021, librarians from academic institutions across Wales gathered for the latest WHELF teachmeet to share good practice on improving inclusivity in learning and teaching. The event took place online. There were …
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Gill Morris
Posted in digital literacy, disability, events, learning & teaching, student experience, TeachMeet, Welsh universities, WHELF
The WHELF Learning and Teaching Sub-Group invites you to join us for this FREE teachmeet on inclusive learning, which will focus on how we can design learning experiences which minimise barriers for disabled students and improve the learning experience for everyone. …
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Gill Morris
Posted in collaboration, digital literacy, information literacy, news, Welsh Government, Welsh universities, WHELF
The Welsh Government has published its Digital Strategy for Wales “Digital in Wales: improving the lives of everyone through collaboration, innovation and better public services.” WHELF is pleased to have been involved in the draft consultation process and to see …
Gill Morris
Posted in collaboration, digital literacy, information literacy, news, public libraries, shared services, Welsh Government, Welsh universities, WHELF
Here is the joint CILIP Wales, WHELF, National Library, NHS Libraries and Welsh Public Libraries response to the (Draft) WG Digital Strategy: Download the full report from the link, key recommendations below. Key recommendations Recommendation 1: Learning from previous policies …
Gill Morris
Posted in archives & special collections, Blog LMS WHELF a Rennir, collaboration, Copyright, digital literacy, digitisation, events, information literacy, JISC, learning & teaching, learning spaces, news, research, shared services, student experience, TeachMeet, technology, Welsh universities, WHELF, Whelf shared LMS
The WHELF Annual Report for the academic year 2017-18 is now available. The report highlights the collective work of WHELF along with news and developments from the WHELF institutions. The report can be downloaded in English or Welsh from the …
Aberystwyth University libraries are running a LibTeachMeet on Wednesday, 21 June 2017 from 11:00 to 15:00. This year’s theme is Information Literacy in the Age of Fake News and it will take place on Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University. We invite …
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Rachael Whitfield
Posted in collaboration, digital literacy, events, information literacy, open access, student experience, Whelf shared LMS, workforce development
Every year WHELF and HEWIT organise a residential colloquium at Gregynog Hall, the University of Wales’ conference centre. This is an annual opportunity for Library and IT staff and practitioners at all levels to collaborate and share best practice. This year’s …
Rachael Whitfield
Posted in digital literacy, events, information literacy, learning & teaching, workforce development
This year LILAC (Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference) will be taking place from the 10-12th April 2017 at Swansea University’s Bay Campus. This conference is “aimed at librarians and information professionals who teach information literacy skills, are interested in digital …
Rachael Whitfield
Posted in digital literacy, employability, events, information literacy, learning & teaching, WHELF, workforce development
Many thanks to Helen Bader (Assistant Librarian (Drama), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama) for writing this report on her experience of attending the recent Employability LibTeachMeet at Swansea University: In November 2016 the WHELF Learning and Teaching Group …
Alyson Tyler, Libraries Development Programme Manager for MALD writes about #LoveDigital campaign taking place across Wales this week. This post is taken from Alyson Tyler’s Welsh libraries blog https://libalyson.wordpress.com/ “Libraries of all types across Wales will be celebrating #lovedigital for …
