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l keeping up with the constant barrage of new information;
l challenge of managing data;
l effective use of collaboration tools and techniques;
l bringing our “whole self” to work, unlocking creativity and staying healthy.
See full details on the CILIP events calendar at
www.cilip.org.uk/events.
Census 2021 lessons Censuses in the UK provide government with the information required to target resources and services effectively. The census is for statistical purposes only. Demographic information collected includes age, gender and family relationships. Socio economic data includes main job, educational qualifications, size of home, ethno-cultural background, health plus some voluntary questions on religion, sexual orientation and gender identity. The initial findings will be released March 2022, with final data available in March 2023. See more at
https://census.gov.uk. The increased use of technology may mean that the 2021 census, at a cost of nudging £1bn, is not the last one. The information needed to plan for the future is increasingly collected electronically. Professor
June 2021
The information workforce is increasingly identified with a broader range of roles embedded into organisations and communities.
AVE you ever wondered how all this talk of data and knowledge management impacts
on your own situation at work and at home? RPG members have been looking at ideas for keeping our own knowledge live and useful.
Personal Knowledge Management The CILIP knowledge cafe (16 Septem- ber and repeated 17 September) will be drawing in experts from across CILIP and from IFLA and beyond. We will be looking at the following topics:
Sir Ian Diamond, the UK’s National Statistician, is exploring alternative data sources such as the Ordnance Survey, GP registrations, council tax records and driving licences, supplemented by ad hoc surveys.
Workforce data mapping The 2015 comprehensive cross-sector mapping of the UK Information Workforce highlighted a number of key challenges and opportunities:
l UK workforce size estimated at 86,376 people – but only around 10 per cent in CILIP membership (compared to an average of 14-22 per cent membership of a professional association in other professions);
l A significant gender pay gap; l An ageing workforce.
While traditional roles will continue to exist in the future, the information workforce is increasingly identified with a broader range of roles embedded into organisations and communities.
The CILIP knowledge cafe on “Reimagining Work” April 2021 highlighted the fact that skillsets required of information professionals are changing and developing all the time in response to the changing needs of information users, changing formats and the changing contexts in which information, knowledge and data are used. See more at
www.cilip.org.uk/ workforcemapping.
Improve workforce visibility The UK Government Knowledge & Information Profession (GKIMP) support qualified civil servants who enable the creation, organisation and exploitation of information and knowledge.
GKIMP has mapped the roles that are core to the information workforce, additional roles and allied professions. See more on GKIMP at: https://tinyurl. com/GKIMP.
A better awareness of the range
Alan Cooper is a member of the RPG Committee and was previously CILIP Web Manager. He provides IT/Web support to heritage organisations. To contact the group email
chair.rpg@cilip.org.uk.
of roles across the information workforce and the skills required will help those moving up, changing career, or rejoining the profession. The GKIMP role mapping could be extended to include other sectors such as Health (clinical librarians), Legal (professional support lawyers) and Pharma (competitive intelligence). See CILIP Careers Hub
www.cilip.org. uk/careershub for resources, support and guidance to help you, whether you’re actively looking for a new role or need help developing your current role.
Build your network
As a CILIP member you can join any or all of the regional networks, devolved nations and special interest groups (including RPG) free of charge: a great way to build your network and explore opportunities. See the list of CILIP groups that you can join at:
https://tinyurl.com/Cilipgroups (login to CILIP website required). See the separate process for signing up to receive email updates from CILIP groups. The updates subscription page (including updates from RPG) is at:
https://tinyurl.com/ Cilipupdates
RPG welcomes feedback and questions from across CILIP and beyond. You can find us at: https://
tinyurl.com/CILIPRPG – or email us: chair.
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