How CILIP will respond to reports of service reductions.
We are concerned about the impact of cuts and are raising awareness about the scale and impact of service reductions on library and information services. We are gathering information about service cuts that we hear about. You can also let us know what's happening.
Contact us with information about service cuts or redundancies you have heard about or updates on proposals for library services.
CILIP's Policy and Advocacy team logs essential details and where possible, gathers any more information. If the case is serious, we refer it to one of our three sector panels: Community, Learning and Special.
As we have now received information on a good number of library services, from March 2011, we are only referring the most serious cases to the Panels. For those serious cases, the Panels assess the case against our criteria and decide whether to take any further action. This could be writing to the Head of Service, or lobbying local councillors and MPs to draw attention to the issue
The key role of the Panels now is to identify emerging themes and messages for their particular sectors.
We are not afraid to criticise and take further action where the reductions are poorly thought through and have taken little or no notice of user need or professional advice. But we will not oppose all changes resulting in service reductions or job losses.
We continue to:
CILIP assesses each case against the folllowing core critera:
1. Is there a strategic plan for the library/information service in place?
2. Is there evidence of a proper needs assessment informing the strategic plan and proposals for change?
3. Can the proposals be seen as proportionate to the resource requirements of the library service and its parent institution?
4. Have the stakeholders in the library service, especially user communities and staff, been properly consulted?
5. Has professional advice been taken in determining the proposals for change?
[6. In the case of public libraries, Do the proposals allow a council to meet its statutory obligation? (that is, the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964)]
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Training will be held in all regions.
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with a background to mentoring, a basic framework for conducting mentoring both long and short term. The focus of the event is to enable participants to develop effectively as mentors in the context of the CILIP professional development scheme, their workplace and career development.
Members who have previously attended a course on mentoring skills may attend the afternoon only to join in the elements relating to the CILIP scheme.
Wednesday 9th March 2011 - Exeter College 9.30 - 4.30
Bookings via Janet Westcott - j.westcott@poole.gov.uk
Thursday 10th March 2011 - Bodleian Libraries 9.30 - 4.30
Bookings via Helen Blanchett - Helen.Blanchett@newcastle.ac.uk
Friday 1st April 2011 - National Library of Scotland, Seminar Room 9.15 - 13.00 & 14.00 - 16.15
Bookings via Morag Andrew - cilips@slainte.org.uk
Further dates are being arranged across the UK. Dates and venues will appear as soon as they are available.
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Renew online:
You can now renew your membership online. Click here for further details.
Renew by post:
We will send you a renewal pack at least a month before you are due to renew. If your pack has been lost or misplaced you can download, complete and return the Membership Renewal Form.
Send to:
Membership Team, CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
Email: membership@cilip.org.uk
Fax: 020 7255 0501
To set up a Direct Debit complete, sign and return the Direct Debit Instruction with the Renewal Form.
You can find 2011 renewal rates here.
If you are renewing a 2010 membership please email the membership team for the renewal form: membership@cilip.org.uk
At peak times, when we are receiving a very high volume of forms and payments, it can take at least three working weeks for us to process a membership renewal. Please avoid contacting us about your renewal unless it is urgent.
If you require a receipt, please tick the box in section 3 of the renewal form and enclose a self-addressed envelope.
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The assessment of individual cases of service reductions in England is carried out by three sector Panels: Community, Learning and Special. Their key roles from March 2011 are to identify emerging trends and issues and consider the most serious cases against our criteria.
CILIP has three Panels that have been looking at individual cases of service reductions in England.
The panels are:
Each Panel is chaired by a member of CILIP's Presidential team and members include CILIP Trustees, Special Interest Group committee members and CILIP members with expertise in the area.
Position of public libraries
In February 2011 the Community Libraries Panel issued a statement on the position of the public library service in England.
The statement set out actions for the Government:
Read the full statement
CILIP also has guidelines on what makes a good public library service.
Value of special library and information services
CILIP has published resources lists that demonstrate the value and impact of special libraries such as government libraries, law libraries, health libraries and corporate libraries.
The sector panels have considered proposals of expenditure or service reductions from library and information services within their remit. From March 2011, the Panels are only examining the most serious cases. Proposals are evaluated against our assessment criteria. The Panel then decides whether further action is required. For some cases, the work of the panel is likely to be confidential.
Actions
Although a regrettable sign of the times, in some cases the proposals will not require further action. It is unrealistic to expect that library and information services would be exempt from reductions that are taking place across the public sector and formed part of the manifesto proposals of each of the major political parties. In other cases, action may be necessary and could include:
Community Libraries Panel
Chair: Brian Hall
Members: Linda Constable, Jon Davis, Ayub Khan, Emma McDonald, Lesley Noblett, Nigel Thomas, Sue Wilkinson
CILIP staff: Guy Daines
Chair: Biddy Fisher
Members: Lucy Gildersleeves, Liz Jolly, Jill Lambert, Anne Rowlands, Sue Shaper, Jo Webb
CILIP staff: Jacqueline May
Special Library and Information Services Panel
Chair: Peter Griffiths
Members: Pauline Blagden, Veronica Fraser, Dion Lindsay, Sandra Ward, Celia Waters
CILIP staff: Guy Daines
Contact the Panels
If you want to contact the Panel, send an email to: policy@cilip.org.uk and we will pass it to the Panel through their dedicated Mailtalk list.
Scotland, Wales and Ireland
CILIPS (CILIP in Scotland) CILIP Cymru /Wales and CILIP in Ireland are responsible for dealing with cases arising in their own countries.
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Consultation responses made by LACA in 2011, 2010 and 2009. Recent work includes LACA's response to the Hargreaves IP review and letter to President Barroso of the EC on orphan works.
LACA's response to the BIS Select Committee Inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee conducted an inquiry into the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property and the Government’s response to it. The Inquiry focused on the recommendations set out in the Review and the Government’s plans for the implementation of its recommendations.
LACA's response to Hargreaves' Review of Intellectual Property and Growth
The response proposes non-legislative and legislative solutions.
"We would support the creation of a Copyright Advisory Board by the Intellectual Property Office in order to redress the balance between rights holders' and users' needs in relation to copyright."
LACA letter to President Barroso of the European Commission on orphan works and the proposed amendment to the European Information Society Directive
"We strongly advise the Commission to seriously reconsider and to consult much more closely with representatives of European libraries and archives and their professional associations."
Online Infringement of Copyright and the Digital Economy Act 2010
The response states that LACA is deeply concerned by the potential impact of the Digital Economy Act and the Ofcom Code upon public bodies.LACA's response to the consultation on the Draft Ofcom Initial Obligations Code
Taking forward Gowers review of intellectual property: second stage consultation on copyright exceptions
The response covers extension of fair dealing and library and archive copying for research or private study to film, sound recordings and broadcasts, copying for preservation, contracts versus exceptions and limitations, and LACA's answers to specific questions.
LACA Briefing paper on the Digital Economy Bill
The Briefing Paper was sent to all members of the House of Lords on 21 December 2009 outlining concerns in the Bill including the measures against online infringement of copyright (clauses 4-17) and Orphan works (clause 42). The Bill is in its committee stage of the whole of the House of Lords in early January 2010.
LACA Briefing paper on the Digital Economy Bill
Extension of Public Lending Right to rights holders of books in non-print formats
From the response:
"Given that in the UK the lending right of the rightholders in film, sound recordings and other non-print works, including audio-books and e-books, already exists under the copyright regime and thus public libraries require licensing to lend these materials, we therefore generally favour the transfer of the administraton of lending right in non-print books from copyright licensing to the existng PLR scheme. It has proven itself to be an efficient partner in the administraton of PLR for both libraries and the beneficiaries of the lending right."
Extension of Public Lending Right to rights holders of books in non-print formats
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) strategic priorities
From the response:
"We welcome the establishment of the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property, and the indication it gives of the Government’s recognition of the centrality of intellectual property issues in modern society. We look forward to participating in a continuing dialogue with the Board on matters of mutual interest and concern."
Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) strategic priorities
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What's new?
March 2012
In December last year The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published a consultation paper on amendments to UK copyright law.
February 2012
LACA supports the concept of a DCE, beliving it would benefit users and creators alike.
"Copyright for Creativity is a broad-based initiative of European civil society, libraries, industry, and creators that seeks an informed debate on how copyright can more effectively support innovation, access, and creativity for all Europeans".
LACA supports IFLA's work at the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO).
IFLA is working with WIPO Member States to gain support for a binding international instrument on copyright limitations and exceptions to enable libraries to preserve their collections, support education and research, and lend materials.
You can follow progress at WIPO through news on the dedicated IFLA website at: http://www.ifla.org./copyright-tlib
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A host of imaginative events in public libraries across the country will take place on Saturday 5 March to celebrate World Book Night. Events include author talks, parties, book gifting, quizzes, creative writing sessions, live music, salsa dancing, fancy dress and a set from the world’s (former) fastest rapper.
World Book Night is an ambitious celebration of adult books and reading. One million books will be given away by an army of passionate readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland. 40,000 copies of each of the 25 selected titles will be given away by 20,000 ‘givers’, who will each distribute 48 copies of their chosen title to whomever they choose on World Book Night. The remaining books will be distributed by World Book Night itself in places that are more difficult to reach, such as prisons and hospitals.
On Saturday, BBC2 will dedicate an evening of programmes to books and reading. Programmes include three Culture Show specials and a premiere of BBC Films adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Culture Show specials will be broadcast between 7.30pm and 10pm. The third Culture Show special will include radio presenter and author Stuart Maconie broadcasting live from an open mic event organised by Manchester Libraries and The Mustard Tree, a centre for the homeless.
A pick of the library events taking place:
Hornsey Library in North London is staying open all night in celebration. An incredibly varied evening of entertainment is planned; including a set from the world’s former fastest rapper, an interview with the author Linda Grant, the chance to help create a collaborative digital book about dreams in twelve hours, and a picnic breakfast with live jazz.
William Patrick Library in Kirkintilloch will have a piper, and a soprano singing Scottish songs. There will be an author talk by Doug Johnstone and World Book Night cake.
City Library in Newcastle is hosting a murder mystery night, including an event with Rebecca Jenkins, author of Death of a Radical.
The Library Theatre in Birmingham will run events out and about in the city. A reading-themed flash mob will take place in Victoria Square and New Street. Books will be given away at a variety of city centre locations. The evening will end with an event outside Central Library featuring Birmingham Poet Laureate Roy McFarlane and former Birmingham Young Poet Laureate Matt Windle.
Southampton Library is organising storytelling, poems and songs for children, adults and families. Books will be given out to Red Funnel Ferry passengers, at St Mary's Fire Station and Southampton Police Station.
Full list of World Book Night events
World Book Night is supported by the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day and the BBC.
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Contact World Book Night organisers
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Analysing the reading records of approximately 150, 000 UK pupils.
As World Book Day brings children’s reading habits into the spotlight, this report, now in it's third year, identifies the most popular fiction and non-fiction books read by pupils from Years 1-11 in British schools.
Written by Professor Keith Topping of Dundee University; this information was gathered from data available as part of Renaissance Learning’s Accelerated Reader (AR) programme.
Features of the 2011 report include:
Visit www.readtoamillionkids.co.uk to request a copy of the report.
Renaissance Learning sponsors the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards, along with ALCS, the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society and Scholastic Book Clubs.
A shadowing scheme for school and public library reading groups accompanies the CILIP awards. From today you can also download a comprehensive guide to the 2011 shadowing scheme: Inspiring and challenging young readers.
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Participation in the Revalidation Scheme will be recognised by the award of a certificate on successful completion of each three-year cycle of revalidation.
Read the Qualifications Blog and follow Qualifications on Twitter. You can contact the Qualifications and Professional Development team on 020 7255 0610 or quals@cilip.org.uk
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The CILIP archive incorporates the archives of The Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists.
We have a significant and fascinating archive going back to the beginnings of the Library Association and relating to the history and development of CILIP. It consists of such items as:
FLA Theses, Photographs, Slides, Artefacts, Council and Committee Papers, Publications (own), Journals (own), Leaflets, Major project/event files, The Thorne Papers, some Group/Branch archives.
Most of the archive is now housed with University College London (UCL), who provide a controlled environment in which to store the archive, as well as facilities for researchers to view selected material.
CILIP retains on site a complete set of bound Library Association Records, Library Association Yearbooks, Council minutes from 1990 to present, FLA thesis and essays, and a collection of Library Association Publishing books.
The draft CILIP archive policy can be viewed in the branches and group section of the website.
In the first instance, all enquiries should be made to the CILIP Information and Advice Team. You can send an enquiry using the online enquiry form or email info@cilip.org.uk or ring 020 7255 0620
As we are a small team, please ring us to make an appointment.
To access material held by UCL, you will also need to make an appointment, allowing at least a week before you plan to visit.
For general appointments and enquiries, email spec.coll@ucl.ac.uk or telephone 020 7679 5197.
UCL Special Collections are located on the first floor at 140 Hampstead Road, Camden, NW1 2BX. They are open from Monday to Thursday, 9.30 to 17.00, and on Fridays from 9.30 to 16.45.
Due to the relocation of Special Collections to temporary premises during the Summer of 2011 (Late March to September 2011), services will be be affected as follows:
The Reading Room at 140 Hampstead Road will be closed for two days a week from early February to the end of the Spring Term, 2011. From late March onwards there will be no access to the Reading Room, and from then until late September there will be no access to the collections, to allow for the physical move of the facilities and collections.
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Continuing Professional Development log
Final Continuing Professional Development log
Submission form
CPD audit sheetRevalidation Assessment form (30.0KB)
Please note that Revalidation for Fellows should normally be at a commensurate level with an application for Fellowship.
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Revalidation is open to all Chartered Members and Fellows who wish to gain evidence and recognition of the commitment to personal professional development.
A certificate is awarded on successful completion of each three-year cycle. Your portfolio is an evaluative review of your professional development meeting CILIP's criteria of assessment.
Read the Qualifications Blog and follow Qualifications on Twitter. You can contact the Qualifications and Professional Development team on 020 7255 0610 or quals@cilip.org.uk
"When I Chartered I was in the public library sector. Now I work in the academic sector in the more specialised field of art and design librarianship.
The Revalidation process enabled me to really reflect on how much I have developed in my role. It has also disciplined me in terms of recording my own professional development, which means I am much more prepared when asked for this sort of information."
Feedback from Revalidated Chartered Member of CILIP
There is no cost to register
Submitting your portfolio £35
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Details of all the consultations CILIP has responded to in 2011
The new method of review for HE in FE colleges in England will replace the integrated quality and enhancement review (IQER) and will be introduced for 2012-13. CILIP's response to the online survey focuses on the needs of students. If students are to benefit from the higher education experience, they need access to resources, spaces and support which enable a learning experience appropriate for higher education.
Cabinet Office: Making Open Data Real
November 2011
CILIP welcomes recent developments to the Open Government Licence that help to increase the accessibility and re-use of government information. We would welcome an ongoing engagement in developing the open data programme further.
Cabinet Office: Open Public Services White Paper
October 2011 CILIP's submission
Council approved this full response at its meeting on 22 September 2011. It sets out CILIP’s views on the Government’s proposals for public sector service provision in the future.
As the ways of direct response were limited, paragraphs 6-22 (CILIP’s comments on the five principles of public service modernisation) were submitted in response to relevant questions in the formal questionnaire.
A shorter version of this response is being prepared and printed to be disseminated more widely across the LIS community, politicians and other opinion shapers. An electronic version will be widely distributed.
The shortened version will include a brief summary of the White Paper and refer to this Full Response as it includes notes and references as well as a lengthier text.
BIS: A New, Fit-For-Purpose Regulatory Framework for the Higher Education Sector. Technical Consultation.
October 2011
In August the Government published a Technical Consultation document on their commitment to introduce a new, fit-for-purpose regulatory framework, as set out in the White Paper "Higher Education: Students at the Heart of the System" (see CILIP's response to the White Paper below).
CILIP has responded to this technical consultation both as a professional body with a large number of members working in higher and further education, and as an accrediting body for Library and Information Studies courses in higher education.
Department for Business Innovation and Skills: Higher Education - Students at the Heart of the System
September 2011
CILIP welcomes the White Paper’s focus on students, the commitment to give teaching a similar status to research and the affirmation of the Robbins principle. However we are anxious about the absence of an overall vision or purpose for HE, its broader links to the information society and the knowledge based economy and the sparse attention given to learning and HE's part in the overall learning environment and the development of lifelong learners and critical thinkers. Our response expands on these themes and also illustrates our belief that libraries and information services are an integral part of teaching and learning within HE institutions and have a significant impact on the quality of the learning environment and learning outcomes.
Ofsted: Inspection 2012 - Proposals for Inspection Arrangements for Maintained Schools and Academies from January 2012
May 2011
Our response has been submitted online. We have responded to five different areas of the consultation. We say that we believe the school library should be seen as an integral part of a school's level of achievement and should be part of the Ofsted inspection process.
Department for Education: National Curriculum Review - Call for Evidence
April 2011
CILIP's submission
Our response has been submitted online. We have limited our response to certain sections of the document. Among other things, we highlight the importance of teaching information literacy skills across the curriculum.
Find out more about the review
Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Public Health White Paper
April 2011
CILIP's response to the White Paper
There is much to commend in the proposals, especially the closer integration of this work with kindred services provided by local authorities.
Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) Inquiry into the Government's proposals for the Big Society
March 2011
CILIP's submission (BS 78, pp.107-114)
CILIP outlines the role libraries of all types have in the Big Society and the risks to their contribution from public library budget cuts.
See also: Big Society - Opportunity or Dog's Breakfast? (blog post by Guy Daines, Director of Policy & Advocacy at CILIP)
Education Select Committee Inquiry: participation of 16-19 year olds in education and training
March 2011
CILIP's submission
CILIP outlines the opportunities and challenges faced by school libraries and school librarians that the gradual increase in participation will bring. The submission highlights what a number of school libraries are already offering and says what the school librarian can do to make this change a positive one for the whole school.
Liberating the NHS: An Information Revolution
January 2011
CILIP's response to the consultation paper
The response has been put together by CILIP's Health Libraries Group following consultation within the broader professional community of CILIP. We welcome the idea of an information strategy. Our main concern about the proposals is their partial nature. In our view they do not cover information - most focus on the internal management of NHS data - and neither do they constitute a strategy. We would hope revised proposals would have inclusivity, leadership, partnership and build on expertise and skills that exist. We propose a lead role for the National Commissioning Board in drawing up and delivering the information strategy.
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Details of all the consultation responses CILIP has responded to in 2010
CILIP's response to the consultation paperCILIP's response
CILIP's response to the consultation paperCILIP's response to the White PaperCILIP submission to the Government consultationCILIP's submission to the CommissionCILIP's submission to the Inquiry CILIP's response to the proposals CILIP's response, prepared by members of the Standing Committee on Official Publications (SCOOP), a committee of CILIP's Information Services GrouCILIP's response
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The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards are the UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book awards.
Awards background
The two Medals are awarded annually and judged by a panel of expert children's and young people's librarians.
A shadowing scheme for school and public library reading groups accompanies the awards. Download a guide to the 2012 shadowing scheme.
For further details about the Awards and shadowing visit:
Awards website
Shadowing website
For key dates visit the Awards Timetable
To explore and review all past winning books take a look at the Living Archive
For nomination details, the shortlists and press releases visit the Press Desk
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We are currently recruiting for the following roles:
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Speaking at an MPs debate Libraries Minister Ed Vaizey confirmed that while volunteers contribute to the public library service they do not replace professional library staff, saying, “Volunteers are an important element of library provision, but they must never take the place of professionals and must work with them.” Mr Vaizey went on to say that library services should be staffed by a mix of professionals.
"We welcome Mr Vaizey’s recognition of the vital role professional library staff play," said Annie Mauger, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals, "Professional staff have a range specialist skills and knowledge that are integral to the public library service. The staff bring the service, the stock, and the buildings to life.”
In the debate Mr Vaizey did not, however, address the issue of community managed libraries. Some communities have been told by their local authority that unless they take over the management of their local library it faces closure. It has not been made clear what support these community managed libraries will receive, if they will be part of the Council’s public library network, nor what level or quality of service they are expected to deliver.
The Libraries Minister did confirm that there are no plans to repeal the statutory provision of libraries under the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act. The Act requires local authorities to provide a public library service which is comprehensive and efficient, and available to all who wish to use it. Ed Vaizey said, “The statutory duty remains a very important safety net for the provision of libraries.”
Brian Hall, President of CILIP, said, “We hope the message gets through to all politicians and journalists loud and clear: public libraries are a statutory service. We have been really concerned to see the myth that they are not statutory perpetuated by some politicians and reported in the media.
While some of Mr Vaizey’s words are heartening, we are gravely concerned that some local authorities are making disproportionate cuts to library services, especially when they do not properly consult with local communities.”
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Press contact:
Mark Taylor, Head of Corporate Marketing and Media Relations, CILIP
Tel: 020 7255 0650
Email: mark.taylor@cilip.org.uk
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CILIP takes a strategic approach to its international work, coordinating its activities throughout the organisation. All international projects and links are evaluated in terms of their benefit, either directly or indirectly, to members.
Libex acts as a clearinghouse for library and information staff who are interested in arranging job exchanges with LIS professionals in other countries.
In January 2009 CILIP Council approved an international policy statement.
CILIP awards grants each year, to support members attending IFLA WLIC.
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The range of social network routes available to CILIP members is growing fast. This page lists Twitter accounts, Facebook groups and pages, LinkedIn groups and blogs for CILIP and for CILIP Branches and Special Interest Groups.
CILIP
CILIP Regional Branches and Devolved NationsCILIP Special Interest Groups
Main CILIP Accounts
@CILIPinfo 
CILIP Facebook 
CILIP on Google+
CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards
CILIP Chief Executive Annie Mauger
CILIP Events
Facet Publishing
CILIP Information and Advice
CILIP Members Blog Landscape
CILIP President Phil Bradley
CILIP Qualifications and Professional Development
CILIP Update
Library and Information jobs at LISJOBNET
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An open Facebook group for members of CILIP. Created by a member and not the organisation. All welcome :)
Owners/facilitators: David Byrne, Phil Bradley and Richard Hawkins. This is now an 'open' group. Anyone on the web can read future discussions. To contribute to group discussion you need to be a member.
East of England
East Midlands Branch
London Branch
North East Branch
North West Branch
Scotland
South East Branch
@CILIPHW Facebook CILIP in Hants and Wight 
Blog - Hants and Wight
@CILIPinSurrey Facebook CILIP in Surrey
CILIP Cymru Wales
West Midlands Branch
Yorkshire & Humberside Branch
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Career Development Group
Cataloguing and Indexing Group
Colleges of Further and Higher Education
@CoFHELASEC Blog - CoFHE LASEC
Commercial, Legal and Scientific Information Group (formerly ICLG)
Diversity Group
Government Information Group
Health Libraries Group
Library and Information Research Group
Local Studies Group
Multimedia Information and Technology Group
Personnel, Training and Education Group
@cilippteg
Publicity and Public Relations Group
Rare Books and Special Collections Group
School Libraries Group
@CILIPSLG
UKeiG
UC&R
Youth Libraries Group
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JSC Representative RDA/related standards
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These courses cover portfolio building and the process of submitting an application.
Training events for Chartership, Revalidation and Certification candidates are run by the Candidate Support Officers who are part of the Career Development Group.
Courses may also be run by employers and other professional development groups. Keep an eye on the Gazette's What's On pages for further details.
You can also view a presentation given in November 2011 here: http://bambuser.com/channel/CILIP.
2012 Dates
London and South East Divisions
Career Development Group (London and South East Divisions)
Certification, Chartership, Revalidation and beyond event
Thursday 31st May 2012
1.30pm - 5pm at CILIP
7 Ridgmount Street, London
WC1E 7AE
Contact Alex Seymour to book your place Alex.Seymour@nas.org.uk
This event considers the importance of continuous professional development, both in preparing for Certification, Chartership, Revalidation, and throughout your career. It is aimed at those who have embarked on the Certification, Chartership or Revalidation process, or who are thinking about it. There will be an introductory presentation by Franko Kowalczuk, part of the Career Development Group's candidate support team. Michael Martin from CILIP's Qualifications and Professional Development Department will then talk about the Certification, Chartership and Revalidation process. Example portfolios will be available for perusal and borrowing.
Cost: Free. Booking in advance is essential as places are limited.
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Communicating with confidence is very important. If you want to communicate clearly you need to pay attention to your voice, gestures, facial expressions and posture, as well as being aware of other people’s personal space. Albert Mehrabian, in his book Silent Messages, identified the following statistics for the way we communicate: 7% by words, 38% tonality of voice, 55% body language.
People make assumptions on your personality based on the tone of your voice.
Good posture conveys self-confidence and competence.
Personal space
Touch conveys friendship, comfort, empathy or excitement. Only pat someone on the back or hug them if you know them well. If you have the slightest indication a person will misconstrue it, don’t do it.Proximity depends on how well you know the person with whom you are communicating.
This is the distance we stand with strangers, clients or work colleagues.
If you are giving a presentation, speaking from the correct distance makes a difference in your control, authority and rapport. People who want to maintain authority step up to a podium. Speakers wanting to establish trust or an informal atmosphere tend to move away from desks or podiums and walk around.
Mannerisms
Don’t talk with a pen or chewing gum in you mouth. Doodling with a pen shows you are bored and distracted. Keep hands relaxed and visible. Avoid fiddling with mobile phones, jiggling keys, or drumming your fingers as this distracts from what you are saying.
Eye contact
Looking someone in the eye conveys interest in what they are saying. Looking down gives the impression of being unassertive. Avoid staring which is seen as confrontational.
Firm handshake
A tight grip suggests aggressiveness, a limp handshake indicates shyness or aloofness. A quick handshake tells others you don’t want to get involved. A longer handshake shows interest, but not too long and you signal more than business interest.
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In reaction to the devastating Christchurch earthquake the CILIP President, Brian Hall, offered these words:
“We send our best wishes to colleagues in Christchurch and across New Zealand, and hope that first and foremost they are all safe and well. We will keep UK colleagues informed and also broker offers of help as we hear more about what they need. One of the needs that people will have is information. We know that libraries can be crucial to this in a time of crisis and we know that librarians will be helping.”
Alli Smith, Executive Director of LIANZA (Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) made this announcement on her blog:
“Today, news of our Canterbury colleagues remains very sketchy. We have heard that staff in the National Library, Central City Library, Law Library and University of Canterbury Library have got out safely. Libraries around the city are obviously all closed. From the little information we have, we understand many people are dealing with damage to their own homes. Carolyn Roberston (Libraries and Information Manager, Christchurch City Libraries, and President of LIANZA) is working with Civil Defence today.
We are all stunned and of course anxious to know what is happening for our Canterbury colleagues and friends. At this stage I think we need to accept that with limited phone and power facilities, those on the ground in Christchurch are focusing on their immediate needs and those of their family and neighbours. The practicality of this is that people will be conserving battery power on their phones and computer for emergency use and I don’t think we can expect to get any detailed reports for some time."
For further updates, see Alli Smith's blog at www.lianza.org.nz
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Until the end of March 2011, CILIP sells two A3 size laminated copyright posters which advise on what may be copied safely under the ‘fair dealing’ rules in the UK.
Copyright directive
The European Information Society Directive, (2001/29/EC), also known as the Copyright Directive, was implemented into UK law on 31st October 2003 by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2498).
In particular, this legislation makes changes to the exceptions to copyright which allow for self-copying or downloading using the defence of ‘fair dealing’.
Copying for private study
A major change to what the law allows under 'fair dealing' is that as far as copying for research or private study is concerned, the exception has been narrowed. People can now only use the defence of copying for research for a non-commercial purpose or for private study. Private study is now defined as not including any study which is directly or indirectly for a commercial purpose.
This means that from October 31st 2003 any previously issued Library Association or CILIP posters outlining the industry wide accepted ‘fair dealing’ rules, that you may have by your photocopiers, scanners, printers and computer workstations are out of date.
Where fair dealing, rather than licensed copying, takes place in organisations and library and information services, there may be some possibility that self-copiers infringe copyright. Should this happen, in order to improve protection for library and information services and their employing organisations, it is advisable that they display up to date posters about fair dealing copying at all these places in the library or information centre environment and also throughout their employing organisations.
CILIP's two A3 size copyright posters are updated to reflect this change and, until the end of February 2011, can be purchased by organisations based in the UK.
UK use only
These posters are only suitable for use within the United Kingdom and should not be displayed in other countries and CILIP will not sell them to overseas customers.
Permission to use text
CILIP gives libraries permission to copy the text of the CILIP posters so long as the integrity of the text is maintained and there is an acknowledgement to CILIP in an appropriate place along the lines of:
"Text © CILIP, 2003. The text is reproduced with kind permission of CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals."
Click on the thumbnail images of the posters to view a larger picture.
The GOLD poster (left) is intended for display beside photocopying and optical scanning machines.
and 
The BLUE poster (right) covers downloading from portable databases and copying from the Internet and is for display by computer workstations and printers, etc.
These posters are also available in Welsh. Click here to view samples and order copies.
Price:
1 - 9 copies £6.00 each
10 copies or more £5.00 each
(Prices include VAT.)
Payment may be made by sending a cheque with order, or you may request a Proforma invoice to be sent to you on receipt of an order. Cheques should be made payable to 'CILIP'.
We accept all major credit cards. If paying by credit card please show on the copyright order form:
If you have any enquiries about purchasing posters please phone 020 7255 0527.
Download order form
Please send your order (and include a self-addressed label for despatch) to:
Copyright posters
CILIP
7 Ridgmount Street
London
WC1E 7AE
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Update on the School Libraries Summit Read the Summit update report for an update on the key action lines including:
School Libraries Summit
CILIP organised the School Libraries Summit on 26 March 2008. Activists from across the school library community met in London to identify issues, exchange ideas and agree an Action Plan. The Summit follows concerns about the impact of the Single Status Review on school librarians and the need to actively promote professionalism as part of CILIP's advocacy strategy.
Also agreed was the need to:
The Summit focused on the situation in England. The context and agenda are different in Scotland and Northern Ireland but there are similarities in Wales.
See also School Libraries Summit - resource list (updated Feb 2011)
For further advocacy information go to the school librarian and advocacy page.
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