Library Information and Knowledge Sector Context influenced all skills and expertise topics. On the wheel graphic of the standard, they were represented as circles of constant influence. A major change for CILIP was embedded in the PKSB. Knowledge Management had been growing particularly in com- mercial and higher education sectors. It had a slowly growing knowledge base in CILIP, for example in Facet Publish- ing and the Sage professional journals available to members. Knowledge Man- agement was an opportunity for CILIP and its existing members to expand into a large, complementary and generally unserved area of practice. CILIP had a valuable and distinct offer for people in Knowledge Management, including its existing knowledge base and connec- tions, and who would regard a future CILIP Chartered qualification highly. The Group had a wide range and depth of experience, and we were for- tunate in it to have Karen McFarlane, an influential Knowledge Management professional. We agreed to develop three new integrated information and knowledge management topics covering using and exploiting, organising, and management of knowledge. We included data management, data analytics and database design and management as sub-topics to support Information and Knowledge Management.
While planning the previous PKSB we decided that the guidance accompany- ing the topics and sub-topics should be short, unambiguous, precise. This was to complement the short topic titles, and help avoid repetition. Sentences often began with a gerund, and prompted a call to action as well as explanation. Each topic had to lead to a simple framework through which members and licensed users could assess and reflect on their skills and knowledge, expand- ing and enhancing topics of current and planned future importance and relegating those of limited relevance. The framework was not just for them. It had to be accessible and unambiguous
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to assessors of qualifications and revalida- tion applications, and useful to academic and training course designers and course accreditors.
A relatively long and intense document would not have provided the get-it-in- one-minute picture of the PKSB that we wanted. This was especially needed for employers’ and stakeholders’ information and influencing. Breaking down the body of knowledge into topics and sub-top- ics opened up the possibilities of the one-minute picture. We chose the wheel to help give the immediate snapshot of the PKSB that we wanted. Reasons for this included its potential to use colour effectively, and the potential to develop an animated tool and in future an app.
Updating and revising
It was intended that the PKSB should be reviewed every three years. This is its first in ten years, and represents an expanded body of knowledge and skillset for today and the next three years (It may be reviewed again before then). The project brief was to review and revise the existing PKSB. We would be keeping what worked including principles of con- tent-development, updating and replacing where needed based on user feedback and
consultation, and introducing new topics and guidance to support CILIP’s strategy, changes in practice and new opportunities. The development brief envisaged the new PKSB at the centre of an ecosystem of seven activities:
l Accreditation of academic qualifications; l Accreditation of training provision;
l Individual professional recognition through Certification, Chartership and Fellowship;
l Individual CPD and career planning;
l Employer engagement and organisa- tional skills gaps and staffing structures;
l National skills development projects e.g. apprenticeship develop;
l CILIP CPD, events and training development.
It saw the core value of the current and the revised PKSB as being “created for the sector, by the sector and has proved its value in providing accountability and rel- evance. It defines the skills that unite the whole sector, provides a common language and a benchmark for transferable skills”. The Working Group’s project team rep- resented a broad spectrum of the CILIP membership. It comprised Paul Byfield
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