(to serve until 31 December 2011)
Postnominals
BA MBA FSA(Scot) HonFCLIP
Biography
Bruce Royan has worked in Public, Academic, National, and Government Libraries and is now a Principal Consultant at Concurrent Computing Ltd, whose clients have included Cumbria Libraries, the British Council, Tate Galleries, the Department of Health and the BBC.
He has served as University Librarian and Director of Information Services at the University of Stirling, and Interim Director of Knowledge and Information at Robert Gordon University.
His earlier career in Librarianship and Information Technology has included British Telecom, the London Borough of Camden, The British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Department of Trade and Industry, and as founding Director of the Singapore Library Network (SILAS).
Outside Singapore, he may be best known for founding SCRAN, a networked multimedia learning resource base of millions of objects, digitised from libraries, museums, archives and the built heritage, and licensed for educational use.
Bruce has provided library networking consultancy to clients in Japan, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Philippines, and has lectured on library management issues in 40 countries across 6 continents.
He has served on the boards of several educational charities, as well as the Councils of the Library Association of Singapore, the Institute of Information Scientists, and the Library Association. He was Chair of the LA IT Group for several years, facilitating its evolution into MMIT.
Bruce has been awarded the Royal Charter Centenary Medal and the Jason Farradane Award, and is an Honorary Fellow of CILIP. He serves on the Art Libraries Standing Committee of IFLA and is Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations and Visiting Professor in the School of Creative Industries, Napier University.
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(to serve until 31 December 2012)
Postnominals
BA MA
Nick.Poole@cilip.org.uk
Biography
Nick Poole is Chief Executive of the Collections Trust, an independent UK charity working with libraries, archives and museums. He also represents the UK at the Member States Expert Group for Digitisation at the European Commission and is responsible for advising a number of European agencies and Governments on digital priorities in Culture and libraries.
Prior to joining the Collections Trust in 2005, Nick held a number of roles at the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), including responsibility for Regional policy development and as a National ICT Adviser. Before this, he worked in the financial services sector. In addition to his role within CILIP, Nick is a Councillor of the Museums Association and a Trustee of the UK part of the International Council of Museums.
Nick is a regular lecturer at several Universities and has published on subjects ranging from the economics of cultural services to international Copyright and Cultural Property law. He studied Languages at Cambridge University and holds postgraduate qualifications in Historical Linguistics and Fine Art & Illustration. He also studied the History and Philosophy of Science at Birkbeck College.
In his spare time, Nick enjoys reading, spending time with his family and hosting a successful regular music and poetry event. He also works with a number of HE and FE providers in an advisory capacity on the implementation and use of eLearning systems and Virtual Learning Environments. He was previously compere of a successful comedy club in London’s West End.
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BA
Biography
I grew up in Crewe and spent much of my freetime at school helping in the school library. This gave me an early taste of many aspects of librarianship and helped ignite a passion for the profession.
While studying English at Cambridge University, I worked in the Peterhouse library as a Library Assistant. After graduating I spent a year working a law costs draftsman, before getting a job as a Graduate Trainee Librarian at Exeter University.
A fun year at Exeter convinced me that librarianship was what I wanted to do and I applied for a masters course at Loughborough University.
Since graduating from Loughborough, I've been working in West Sussex as a Trainee Librarian. I served on the South East branch committee as one of the newsletter editors for roughly a year and the positive nature of this experience was what encouraged me to stand for election as a trustee.
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(to serve until 31 December 2011)
Postnominals
BA DipLib MCLIP
Dion.Lindsay@cilip.org.uk
Biography
I was born and brought up in the west of Northern Ireland in the 50s and 60s, and went to university in glorious Aberystwyth in the mid 70’s. So glorious that I stayed an extra year to study librarianship at CLW (1977-78). Then 23 years in Government Departments in London (Agriculture, Cabinet Office and Health), moving towards running high value-added information units for specialists. I spent 1997-2001 as Senior Librarian in various posts in Department of Health, then made the big move away from the Civil Service and London - to Northampton as Knowledge Manager for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
I had a great time there introducing formal and informal km techniques (we invented some of the latter on the fly – that’s what a creative, motivated group can do!). In 4 years we grew from a £6m to a £9m organisation.
I realized that the best bit was internal consultancy - intervening to make a sustainable difference, and decided my skills and experience were robust enough to become a full time consultant. Now I'm consulted mainly by medium sized organisations in London and the Midlands who want knowledge management to help them in their learning and growth aspirations.
I'm delighted to have been elected as a CILIP Trustee. I'm enjoying playing my part in ensuring that society and the workplace grasp the opportunities we as professionals offer. I believe that a refreshed CILIP and a committed membership provide us with power to create a new and powerful impact.
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(to serve until 31 December 2011)
Postnominals
BSc MA FCLIP
Biography
Jill Lambert began her career as a weekend assistant at Ilkeston Public Library in Derbyshire. After a science degree at Bristol University, she worked for the Paint Research Association, subsequently taking a post graduate diploma in librarianship at Liverpool John Moores University.Her first professional post was with the University of Westminster, followed by the appointment as Science and Technology Librarian at Northumbria University. During a career break for two children, Jill studied for an MA in Librarianship. For several years, she was a visiting lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Studies at Birmingham City University. On returning to academic libraries, she worked at Birmingham City and Staffordshire Universities, before moving to Aston University. In the Library & Information Services (LIS) at Aston she was responsible for public services and academic liaison for life science and engineering for 10 years until retiring as Assistant Director in autumn 2007. She is a Fellow and Life Member of CILIP.
Her interests centre around three areas:
Acquiring knowledge of practice elsewhere has always been one of her key aims. Jill has made two international study visits, one funded by the British Council to Dutch academic libraries and one by the EU to the James Hardiman Library, part of the National University of Ireland. This Library is a leader in professional practice in Ireland, and the visit enabled her to benchmark her own service in terms of mode of staffing, and IT developments such as federated searching.
Jill has been actively involved in the profession over many years, acting as Secretary of the Midlands Branch of the Institute of Information Scientists for 3 years, and a member of the Annual Conference Organizing Committee in 1987. She was Treasurer of the JIBS User Group (JISC Assisted Bibliographical Data Services), covering electronic content of interest to Higher and Further Education institutions, from 2001 to 2006.
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(to serve until 31 December 2012)
Postnominals
BA (Hons) LLB FCLIP
Biography
My career has been a mixture of circumstance, luck and planning – as with many people’s!
Having spent a lot of my childhood in libraries they seemed the natural place to go career-wise. I did the SCOTVEC National Certificate in Library and Information Science at Telford College in Edinburgh, loved it, and went straight on to do the undergraduate degree level course at RGU in Aberdeen.
The fact that I have become a law librarian was initially part-accident, but quickly then a chosen career choice which I have actively followed.
I wrote to all the Special Libraries in Glasgow looking for holiday work and ended up at The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. And after the initial terror of not knowing anything of specific relevance I really enjoyed it and it started me out on my current path which has involved professional legal society, court and law firm libraries and led to all kinds of time-intensive decisions later on like doing a law degree.
Just over a decade ago I had my first and only part-time job for a wee bit. I got bored and allowed myself to be talked onto Career Development Group (Scottish) Committee and somehow I came out of the pub an hour later as three different Officer posts and the learning curve started. Thus my second simultaneous parallel professional life was born, though I didn’t know it. Ever since I’ve done more and more CILIP-related doing’s (everything from CDG President to Governance Review to CILIPS Council) and it does take over life, but I’ve discovered I really believe in progressing things (not good at doing nothing), and I quite like tilting at professional windmills and the unknown, I’m interested to see what will happen and what’s on the other side.
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(to serve until 31 December 2013)
Postnominals
BA MCLIP OBE
Biography
As a child in Manchester I went to Harpurhey Library recently replaced by North City Library. At 13, wise teachers sent me on my first quest to Central Library for a history project. Learn to learn was the real purpose – and that’s how I’ve felt about libraries ever since. I read Spanish at Leeds including a year in (Franco’s) Madrid.
In Manchester I worked reshaping library services in the diverse inner city, addressing literacy, reading, learning, community information. Supporting cohesion from within the community, we 60’s kids had become committed community librarians.
1986 to St Helens, to manage libraries, archives and museums in a refreshed community leisure service. Great colleagues who knew the place, its needs and the legacy of a closing coal industry.
In Birmingham from 1990, eventually taking responsibility for the city’s huge and elaborate library and archive services, we were responding to a youthful, dynamic city of a million people. Brilliant experience. Latterly I oversaw adult education, youth service, early years, family and lifelong learning.
I was seconded to the LIC (1997) with fantastic leadership and a great team, to devise what became The People’s Network. Subsequently implemented by MLA, this was the most transformative intervention in public libraries for decades.
From 2000 I started to plan the Library of Birmingham. Not merely big, this would be a new library model for learning, heritage, cultural and community services, in spatial design, digital technologies, partnership, staff and community engagement.
From 2006 I headed library policy at MLA but chose to move on in the 2008 restructuring. While there I was privileged to assist with national developments in Bulgaria and India – unique, gratifying experiences.
Recently, consultancies include library and regeneration projects. More of this in 2011. I am an Honorary Fellow at the Department of Information Studies at Aberystwyth.
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(to serve until 31 December 2013)
Postnominals
BA MCLIP
Biography
Andy is a Senior Teaching Fellow at UCL, where he is Programme Director of the MSc Information Science and MA Electronic Communication and Publishing programmes, and Director of International Relations and Projects for the Department of Information Studies. He originally studied English and Linguistics before working for a year in Lambeth Libraries and then going on to do postgraduate study in LIS at Loughborough.
Once qualified he spent 15 years in industry running information and library services for large multinational companies such as Phillips Petroleum and Taylor Woodrow, where he also became a qualified lead assessor for QA and led the Taywood Information Service to gain the first independent BS5750 (ISO9000) quality accreditation for library and information services in the UK. Active in Aslib for many years, he served on Aslib’s council from 1986-1993 and worked for over 20 years on the Aslib Computer Group committee, including long spells in all its executive roles. He was one of the founders of the Information For Energy Group of the Energy Institute and has served as its treasurer since 1986.
He is a chartered member of CILIP and was previously a member of both the LA (since 1982) and the IIS (since 1987). His professional interests focus around information retrieval, human-computer interaction and systems design, and quality systems, and he is an advocate of drawing together the different strands within the information professions, focusing on commonalities rather than differences, and encouraging hybridisation.
In such little spare time as he has, he is also active in netball, playing in mixed leagues as well as being a qualified coach, umpire, and President of the Mixed Netball Association; rides a motorcycle to work daily in all weathers; plays bass guitar rather badly in a rock and roll band; and eats too much chocolate!
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(to serve until 31 December 2012)
Postnominals
BA MA PhD FCLIP FRSA
Biography
John Crawford has worked in public, school and academic libraries. He was formerly the director of the Scottish Information Literacy Project. He became interested in information literacy in 2002 and it has been his main focus of activity since then. He served on the Concil of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) from 2002 to 2007 and during this time served as chair of its Professional Practice Committee and was a member of its Executive Board. He also serves on the CILIP Disciplinary Committee. He is former chair of the Library and Information History Group, is still a committee member and has a strong interest in membership activism. He has written extensively in professional and academic journals and has authored two books. He serves on the editorial board of two scholarly journals and regularly referees journal submissions to a number of refereed journals.
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Postnominals
BA MA PhD AlMgt MCLIP ILTM
Judy.Broady-Preston@cilip.org.uk
Biography
Dr. Judith Broady-Preston is Senior Lecturer, Chair of the Management Research Group and a member of the Senior Management Team (2000-) at the Department of Information Studies (DIS), Aberystwyth University, where she has been employed since January 1990. From July 2000 to October 2007 she was Departmental Director of Learning and Teaching. Prior to 1990, she worked at Leeds Metropolitan and Sheffield Universities. Before becoming a full-time academic, Judith worked originally as a health services librarian and subsequently as an academic librarian.
Her research interests are value, quality, impact, performance measurement and services marketing. She has published extensively in a range of international journals, presented numerous conference papers and undertaken national and international consultancy projects.
Regional Editor of two international journals, Library Management and Journal of Education, Media & Library Sciences, she is also a member of the editorial boards of Library and Information Research and Performance Measurement and Metrics. A regular reviewer of journal and conference papers, Judith has been a member of numerous national and international conference planning committees, and assesses new monographs for five commercial publishers.
Secretary of BAILER (1997-2004) she has also been involved actively in professional associations, beginning with election to the IIS Southern Region Committee in 1994, being a member of the final General Council of the IIS. On the inauguration of CILIP, she was firstly Honorary Treasurer of CILIP Cymru/Wales, then Vice-Chair and Chair of CILIP Cymru/Wales (2006-December 2007) until election to the new model CILIP Council in December 2007. She was subsequently elected as the first Leader of Council and re-elected to Council for a three year term in December 2008. In 2009, she was elected to the IFLA Management and Marketing Section Committee for a four year term.
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CILIP's governing body is its Council, which manages the affairs of the Institute.
Council is comprised of 12 Councillors elected directly by the Membership in accordance with the Bye-laws and General Regulations. Councillors are also the Trustees of CILIP so the terms may be used interchangeably. There is provision for up to three co-options on Council.
Council Decisions: Transparency
To enhance its communication with members:
Click on the 'Council Meetings' link to the left to see details of the meetings, such as agendas, papers and minutes.
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This is the first book to cover the current regulatory, legal and governance issues associated with managing records in global banking and finance businesses. Jeffrey Ritter, the founder of the online research and learning platform; The Ritter Academy, said, 'Records and information are the living history of how a financial institution steers its course in a brutally competitive market. This outstanding volume has achieved something important: the editors deliver a resource that provides reliable and trustworthy navigation through the diverse challenges of global banking and financial services and the rigour of specific national rules. Balanced, thorough, accessible - an essential tool for any professional.'
Written by a team of international experts from business and academia, the book offers strategies and examples of best practice to meet the recordkeeping challenges faced by corporate and commercial banking enterprises operating in global capital markets. The examples and cases studies encompass recordkeeping in investment banking, asset management, brokerage and other financial services which serve global markets
The key chapters cover:
Randolph A. Kahn, the award-winning author of Information Nation, said, 'Managing Records in Global Financial Markets is a great resource chock-full of useful information'. This book will be essential reading for records managers, archivists and information professionals who manage records in the financial sector. It will also be invaluable for individuals engaged in a wide range of disciplines who rely on records to meet the increasing number of legal and regulatory obligations to which institutions engaged in global banking and finance are now subject. These include: compliance professionals, data protection officers, governance professionals, regulators and risk managers, senior managers and directors, chief operating officers and IT specialists.
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Press contact:
James Williams, Marketing Manager, Facet Publishing
Tel: 020 7255 0597
Email: james.williams@facetpublishing.co.uk
Notes to editors:
1. Managing Records in Global Financial Markets (August 2011; 256pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-663-3; £59.95) is published by Facet Publishing. It is available from Bookpoint Ltd, Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. The book is available in the US and Canada from Neal-Schuman Publishers www.neal-schuman.com
3. The book is edited by; Lynn Coleman, who was Regional Records Manager, Europe, Middle East & Africa for a global investment bank in London. She recently relocated to Australia where she undertakes records management projects; Victoria L. Lemieux, who is Director of the Centre for the Investigation of Financial Electronic Records and an assistant professor of archival studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada; Rod Stone, who is Records Manager–Global Policy & Oversight at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London and Geoffrey Yeo, who is an Archives and Records Management specialist at the Department of Information Studies, University College London.
4. All titles are available at 20% discount to Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals members. Remember to quote your Membership Number if claiming the discount.
5. Facet Publishing is the commercial publishing and bookselling arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is the leading publisher of books for library and information professionals worldwide. At the forefront of library and information development, Facet Publishing has a comprehensive list covering all the major areas of professional activity.
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Read the latest Information and Advice blog post from CILIP Councillor Liz Jolly.
"CILIP believes that the results of publicly funded research should be freely accessible, not only to the academic and research community but to the public as well."
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Graduate level qualifications from the USA, Canada, Australia and the EU member states are accepted in the UK. Other qualifications will have to be individually checked by CILIP.
CILIP's recriprocal agreement (pdf 139kb) with the Library Association of New Zealand allows Chartered members of CILIP who are also members of LIANZA to use the postnominal letters RLIANZA. Likewise, all LIANZA members who have achieved RLIANZA will be entitled to the use of the post nominal letters MCLIP if they join/re-join CILIP. This will apply regardless of whereabouts in the world that they work.
Also CILIP has a reciprocal agreement with the American Library Association (ALA) and the Australian Library and Information Association which means academic qualifications accredited by those bodies are accepted in the UK. This allows graduates holding American, Canadian and Australian Bachelors and Masters degrees and Graduate or Postgraduate Diplomas in library and information studies to apply for posts asking for qualified librarians and information professionals in the UK.
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The introduction of online renewals will help save our members time. No more paper forms to fill out and return.
If you are already registered on the website:
Log in on the website using your username and password. Once you have logged in, you should see a pink "Renew your membership" button at the top of the page.
You can complete the entire renewal if you pay by credit card or direct debit.
If you want to pay by invoice or cheque, the online renewal process allows you to update all your details, including choosing your SIGs and rate. Then, instead of taking a payment online, you can print out a Renewal Sheet with all your updated details to send to us by post with your payment.
If you are not currently registered on the website:
If you are not registered yet on the website, go to http://www.cilip.org.uk/register, and create an account. You will then be able to renew online as above.
If you need more help with renewing your membership you can contact the Membership Team by phone on 020 7255 0600 or by email on membership@cilip.org.uk.
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CILIP is introducing online membership renewal. If you have any questions, please see our frequently asked questions below.
How long will the testing phase take?
Providing the testing phase runs smoothly and is successful, we aim to have the system fully operational in time for January renewals. All members renewing from January 2012 onwards will have the choice to renew online.
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Can I take part in testing?
If your membership is due for renewal and you would like to take part in the testing phase, please contact the Membership Administration Team.
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When is my membership due for renewal?
If you are unsure of when your membership is due for renewal, simply contact the Membership Administration Team and we will let you know.
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I'm due to renew in January 2012. Can I indicate a preference to renew online?
Yes, members due to renew in January can indicate a preference to renew online and no longer receive a paper membership renewal form. If you would prefer to renew online, please tell us by filling in this form by the 24th October 2011.
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Can I still renew online if I don't let CILIP know before 24th October?
Yes. If you do not let us know that you would like to renew online and you are due to renew in January, you will still be able to renew online, but you will also receive a paper renewal form by post this year.
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If I can renew online without indicating a preference to, why do I need to notify CILIP?
This is so that we don't send you a paper form. Our top priority is to ensure that the move from paper to online renewals is as smooth as possible for CILIP members. Paper renewal forms will be posted to all members who do not indicate a preference in advance to renew online. Renewing online helps the environment by reducing the amount we print and also helps us work more efficiently. Paper based renewal forms are sent at least one month prior to the renewal due date. With over 10,000 members due to renew in January, indicating a preference to renew online in advance will help save CILIP time and money.
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I'm not due to renew in January. Can I still indicate a preference to renew online?
Yes. All members can indicate a prefence to renew online and no longer receive paper renewals by post. If you would prefer to renew online from now on, please let us know by filling in the online form here.
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How can I pay if I renew online?
Members have the option to:
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Can I still pay my membership fee by cheque or request an invoice if I renew online?
Yes you can renew online and select the option to pay by cheque or request an invoice. A form will be generated with all of your details completed to print and send to CILIP.
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Will I still receive a paper renewal form if I indicate a preference to renew online?
If you have indicated a preference to renew online and no longer receive a renewal form by post, you may still receive a paper renewal form this year. Further renewal notifications will be sent by email.
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In the left hand menu you will find a selection of resources for the information ethicist.
The appearance of a resource in this list does not necessarily indicate an endorsement by CILIP and not all resources have been seen by us.
CILIP's Policy Department would be grateful for notification of any errors in bibliographic data or hyperlinks. Contact us
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One of the hallmarks of a profession is the framework of values that underpin the work of practitioners in the sector.
CILIP has developed a set of Ethical Principles and a Code of Professional Practice for Library and Information Professionals. They are available as web versions and downloads.
Download PDF version of the
Ethical Principles
Download PDF version of theCode of Professional Practice
On these web pages you will find:
Ethics Blog
The Information Ethics Blog offers a point of reference for CILIP members to relate their practical experiences to the Institute's Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Practice. It provides case studies arising from the Principles and Code and encourages member discussion of ethical dilemmas in the workplace.
You need to log in or register with the CILIP website to access this blog.
Ethics Panel
CILIP also has an Ethics Panel, currently chaired by Margaret Watson, to keep the Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Practice under review and to be a source of confidential advice to members facing ethical issues in their work.
A consideration of ethical issues is an essential quality of the 'reflective' practitioner. There are rarely right or wrong answers to ethical dilemmas but more often balances that have to be found between conflicting principles.
If you have any queries relating to professional ethics, contact CILIP's Ethics Panel: ethics@cilip.org.uk.
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New title on strategies to engage children and young people in reading for pleasure.
A recent survey by the National Literacy Trust showed that only one in six UK children between eight and 17 years of age read a novel outside class every month and that 10% of the 18,000 surveyed “do not enjoy reading at all”.
Read to Succeed covers the very best innovative practice in reader development for children and young people from birth to adulthood, both in the UK and abroad. It is full of practical suggestions and inspirational ideas that can be replicated by teachers, librarians and educators.
The book is edited by Joy Court who is the national coordinator for CILIP’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards. Joy said, “At a time when the role of children’s librarians in both schools and public libraries is under threat I felt it was vital to have expert testimony from academics and educationalists about the importance of the contribution that libraries can make to a child’s literacy. They demonstrate that confident, successful readers cannot be grown in the classroom alone. This will, I hope, be a very timely message to deliver to the powers that be!”
This edited collection contains contributions from expert practitioners and includes a Foreword from best-selling children’s author Alan Gibbons, who paraphrased Bill Shankly and said, “Reading is not just a matter of life and death; it is much more important than that”.
There is a launch for the book on Thursday 15th September at CILIP in London, please contact James Williams to request an invite or to request a review copy.
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Press contact:
James Williams, Marketing Manager, Facet Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 0597
Email: james.williams@facetpublishing.co.uk
Notes to editors:
1. Read to Succeed: Strategies to engage children and young people in reading for pleasure (August 2011; 288pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-747-0; £44.95) is published by Facet Publishing. It is available from Bookpoint Ltd, Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. The book is available in the US and Canada from Neal-Schuman Publishers www.neal-schuman.com
2. Joy Court is a Past Chair of CILIP Youth Libraries Group, a CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Coordinator, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the National Council of UKLA.
3. All titles are available at 20% discount to Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals members. Remember to quote your Membership Number if claiming the discount.
4. Facet Publishing, is the commercial publishing and bookselling arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is the leading publisher of books for library and information professionals worldwide. At the forefront of library and information development, Facet Publishing has a comprehensive list covering all the major areas of professional activity.
5. CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. CILIP’s vision is a fair and economically prosperous society underpinned by literacy, access to information and the transfer of knowledge. CILIP is a registered charity, no. 313014. Visit www.cilip.org.uk for more information.
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The testing phase for online renewals is about to begin. For further details please click here or visit our frequently asked questions page.
You can also download an application or renewal form and post or fax it back to us.
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While many candidates for Chartership find suitable mentors quickly and with reasonable ease, some find it more difficult. The following information and advice should help all candidates to find a mentor in the shortest possible time:
About the mentors
CILIP mentors are volunteer professionals with demanding day jobs but willing to give of their own time to help fellow lis workers working towards the CILIP qualifications. The CILIP Mentor Register has over 600 mentors already working with mentees but currently with capacity to take on 600+ additional mentees. New mentors are being added all the time. They all undertake mentor training and are in contact with other mentors to share ideas and issues. The majority of mentors are willing to mentor candidates from any organisation in any sector.
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The mentor list
Names and contact details of mentors can be found on the CILIP website. Log in as a CILIP member to view the regional lists.
Mentors are encouraged to put their profile on CILIP Communities for potential mentees to view. Those who have will be accessible via the 'mentor profile' link.
The mentor should email the Quals team quals@cilip.org.uk to inform them that a new mentoring relationship has been entered into.
We aim to ensure that the list is up to date at all times. Please contact us if you are unable to find a mentor.
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Preparing to search for a mentor
Don't take a narrow approach
Be aware that:
Approaching a potential mentor
If you experience difficulty in finding a mentor
... don't let time drift on - if you have followed the guidance, have really been trying and have still not found a mentor do what the Mentor Scheme Guidelines tell you to do and contact QPD by e-mailing quals@cilip.org.uk. We can make some direct approaches and/or put out a plea on the mentor e-discussion list.
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Growing your own mentor
If you know someone through your workplace, your CILIP Branch or a special interest group, who you think would be a suitable mentor, why not ask them if they would be willing to mentor you? They can register, undertake training and go on the Mentor Register either as a "one-off", i.e. just mentoring you, or as a mentor willing to take on other mentees.
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... and while you are waiting to meet up with your mentor ...
Make sure that you have read the Chartership Handbook, downloaded the templates and forms, looked at examples on the CILIP website and started to reflect on your development and how you can present it in your application - this will get you off to a good start and enable you to get the maximum benefit from the mentoring relationship.
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What is it?
National Libraries Day is one day devoted to all libraries - public libraries, school and university libraries, prison, national, law, business and commercial libraries. A nation-wide celebration of libraries, librarians and library staff in all sectors.
In 2012 the day will be 4th February.
Objectives
National Libraries Day will highlight what people can do in their local library. Events will take place in libraries, and a membership campaign will lead up to the date. During the week before National Libraries Day events and activities will take place in a variety of libraries including in schools, colleges and universities.
Focus
The focus will be on three key aspects of the event:
1. Libraries Open Late (or extended opening hours)
2. Membership Campaign
3. Events leading up to the day
Planning is underway for National Libraries Day and you will be hearing more from us, but in the meantime please mark your calendars for 4 February 2012, National Libraries Day.
For more information please contact:
Mark Taylor, Director of External Relations, CILIP
Email: mark.taylor@cilip.org.uk
Phone: 020 7255 0654
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The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is delighted to announce that its professional award for para professionals has been credit rated against the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).
SCQF credit rated awards are described in terms of their level and their credit value. For ACLIP this is 20 credit points at Level 8, which is equivalent to a Diploma of Higher Education, Higher National Diploma or N/SVQ 4. In addition, the credit points may be used by course providers to assess prior learning and to determine how much of the ACLIP credit can be transferred to a new course which will encourage greater engagement with CILIP Framework of Qualifications.
All CILIP’s professional qualifications are now credit rated by various awarding bodies and all members have the opportunity to benefit from the added value that credit rating brings. Colleagues from CILIP’s Qualifications and Professional Development Department and CILIPS worked together to achieve this recognition.
Marion Huckle, CILIP’s Head of Qualifications and Professional Development welcomed the award saying, “It is vital that CILIP members’ qualifications are recognised across the sector and can be transferred by individuals throughout their careers. SCQF credit rating will give members and employers a much clearer understanding of the value that a qualified practitioner brings to the workplace.”
Elaine Fulton, Director of CILIP in Scotland said “CILIPS is pleased that our funding contribution to this work has resulted in such a positive outcome for members. CILIPS is committed to supporting all our members and providing them with appropriate CPD opportunities to support their professional development.”
More information about CILIP’s credit rated awards
More information on the SCQF and credit rating vist (external link)Press contacts:
Marion Huckle, Head of Qualifications and Professional Development
Email: marion.huckle@cilip.org.uk
Elaine Fulton, Director of CILIP in Scotland (CILIPS)
Email: e.fulton@slainte.org.uk
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The IPF met three times in 2010 and did not meet in 2011. It was suspended at the end of 2010 by CILIP Council as part of its economy measures. We are awaiting the outcome of CILIP's governance review (which has been delayed because of recent restructuring at CILIP) for a formal decision on its future. However, policy and advocacy work at CILIP is ongoing.
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The Interim Policy Forum is the focal point for policy generation. It initiates and commissions policy development and evaluates the effectiveness of policy and advocacy activity.
Its membership consists:
Secretary: Guy Daines BA DipLib MCLIP FRSA (guy.daines@cilip.org.uk)
The Interim Policy Forum is the main way that professional policy issues are developed and debated within CILIP. Its main responsibilities are:
It puts forward recommendations for CILIP Council to endorse. It is Council's role to translate these into actions in the strategic plan. The group is supported by the Policy & Advocacy Unit in its work.
The Interim Policy Forum will meet until such time as the current review of Governance puts forward a more enduring set of proposals.
Task and Finish Groups
The Interim Policy Forum sets up small 'task and finish' groups to take forward specific areas of work. Once the group's work is completed, the group can be disbanded.
Current groups include:
Use of volunteers
Information Literacy
There are some committees that report into the Interim Policy Forum:
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In this section you will find:
Information literacy is a policy priority area for CILIP. A first draft of an information literacy work programme has been prepared (June 2011) and is being considered by the Information Literacy Task & Finish Group. Further details will be available later in Autumn 2011.
In 2009 a meeting was held at CILIP, which agreed a set of recommendations for information literacy. The recommendations state that information literacy needs to occupy a central position in CILIP and that there needs to be a common vision for information literacy.
Read the full recommendations
CSG Information Literacy Group
The Community Services Group Information Literacy Group (CSG ILG) is a Special Interest Group of CILIP. The group aims to provide a forum across all sectors of the profession, which encourages debate and allows the exchange of knowledge in all aspects of Information Literacy.
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