“Get angry and then write us a piece about it”.

In Episode 14, Jess Haigh (Managing Editor of the Journal of Information Literacy) joins the podcast to demystify the publication process. She speaks to Kerrianne Orriss about the various ways a new professional can publish their work, and Jess sets out the JIL publishing process step by step, offering some great tips along the way. If you’re booked on a Journal of Information Literacy workshop or on the waiting list for one, this podcast is a great place to start!

See the Information Literacy Group's blogpost about upcoming workshops from the editors of JIL, which include sessions on research design and finding your academic voice: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tgxb9ApK_gUOXK9Z_GCtsU1cJ0d8r0XA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112691953370294451014&rtpof=true&sd=true

Episode Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RxD_EZnPshCO77s-RG62_kPbr6YyU4po/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105844347620717531095&rtpof=true&sd=true

You can email the Journal of Information Literacy for a chat about publishing your work here: [email protected] and see the whole Chatting Info Lit reading list here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tgxb9ApK_gUOXK9Z_GCtsU1cJ0d8r0XA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112691953370294451014&rtpof=true&sd=true

Episode Links and resources:

BBC iPlayer (2025) Storyville - The Librarians. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kkmj/storyville-the-librarians

Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2022) Thematic analysis: a practical guide. London ; Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.

Denscombe, M. (2021) The good research guide: research methods for small-scale social research projects. Seventh edition. London New York, NY: Open University Press (Open UP study skills).

Haigh, J. (2016) ‘Jess Does Chartership’, 26 April. Available at: https://jessdoeschartership.wordpress.com/

Haigh, J. (2018) ‘Jess Does Teaching: A Librarian’s Blog’, 10 May. Available at: https://jessdoesteaching.wordpress.com/

Haigh, J. and Garcia Grau, E. (2025) LILAC Stories: Exploring the long-term impact of the LILAC Conference on the Information Literacy Community. Available at: https://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/id/eprint/12245/

Information Professional (2026). Available at: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/InfoPro

Journal of Information Literacy (2026) Ross Todd Award. Available at: https://journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/rosstoddaward

NLISN: Neurodivergent Library and Information Staff Network (2026). Available at: https://nlisn.org/

Ryan, G.W. and Bernard, H.R. (2003) ‘Techniques to Identify Themes’, Field Methods, 15(1), pp. 85–109. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X02239569

Scott, R. J. (2024). The opportunity of narrative inquiry for information literacy research: Narrative thinking and storying data. LILAC: The Information Literacy Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom. Available at: https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/publications/the-opportunity-of-narrative-inquiry-for-information-literacy-res/