into a new sector? Want to develop your skills, for example in digital or data? Got a question to put to the community? We can help!
Be part of your CILIP Community By being a member of CILIP, you are part of the information profession’s biggest and most active professional community of practice. Members in Scotland, Wales and North- ern Ireland benefit from representation and support uniquely tailored to their national context. Through our partnership with CILIP in Scotland and our National Committees, CILIP Cymru Wales and CILIP Ireland, we can ensure that you are able to access a professional network, advice, training and support that is relevant to your circumstances.
In England, our Regional Member Net- works ensure that wherever you work you’re never far from an inclusive, welcoming community of professional practitioners that understand your local and regional context. Across the UK, CILIP supports more than 20 Special Interest Groups (SIG’s) repre- senting different industry sectors, areas of professional practice or subject disciplines. These SIG’s are the ‘powerhouse’ of our community, ensuring that whatever your question, we can connect you to an experi- enced professional who is willing to help. Even outside the UK, CILIP has an incred- ibly active community of 900+ members working overseas. We aim to represent and support our international members through our engagement with IFLA and bi-lateral partnerships with library organisations in their country or region.
Maintaining professional standards CILIP is proud to be the only Chartered Institute representing information profes- sionals in all sectors since 1898. Our Charter gives us a mandate to maintain professional standards, scru- tinise and improve information-related legislation and to recognise information professionals via our public Register of Practitioners.
It’s a role we take very seriously. Our work as a professional standards body is overseen by a Sector Development Committee (SDC), which reports directly to the CILIP Board. Recently, under the leadership of the SDC, we have intro- duced a new Apprenticeship Pathway and accompanying standard for sector employers (
www.cilip.org.uk/Apprenticeships), helping us to do more than ever to open the profession to new and diverse talent.
Advance your career with Professional Registration
CILIP is the leading provider of pro- fessional recognition and certification through our ‘Professional Registration’ scheme. We offer three levels of pro- fessional registration – Certification, Chartership and Fellowship – tailored to your needs and career stage. The process
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A great return on spend £1000
Heavier usage £995 value
One call to CILIP’s legal advice line £30
Attend the London Bookfair, save £40
Attend the IFLA Conference, save £150
Light usage £690 value
Access to the eLearning Hub and archived webinars £120
£500 £210
Access to ProQuest and SAGE journals c. £200 for individual use
Access to the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base £150
Attend one ‘Webinar Wednesday’ £30
£160
CILIP Conference ticket, save £100
Information Professional Magazine £90
involves an evidence-based portfolio that you can submit online and you do not need to hold a LIS qualification (or any qualification) to apply.
Find out how becoming a Registered Professional can help you in your career at
www.cilip.org.uk/ProfessionalRegistration. We have also taken the additional step of validating our professional services with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), ensuring parity with other credit-bearing recognition schemes.
Professional Registration with CILIP is an excellent way to evidence your profes- sionalism, your ethics and your commit- ment to maintaining your skills. Time and again, our Professional Registration Scheme has been selected by employers as the ‘gold standard’ in professional cer- tification, with a proven impact on salary and career progression.
Tackling the structural challenges in our profession
CILIP is a Charity under the terms of our Royal Charter, which means we are com- mitted to the advancement of society and the public benefit – including addressing some of the structural and systemic chal- lenges for our profession. The 2015 Workforce Mapping (
www.cilip.
org.uk/WorkforceMapping) which CILIP led with the Archives and Records Asso- ciation (ARA) found evidence of deep inequalities in our profession. In addition to a significant under-representation of people from BAME and other margin- alised communities in our profession,
CILIP Conference ticket, save £100
Information Professional Magazine £90
we highlighted the lack of women in senior leadership roles (despite being a predominantly female profession) and serious gender pay disparity. Since then, we have organised our- selves through our Changing Lives mani- festo (
www.cilip.org.uk/ChangingLives) to take action to change this picture. We want to become a platform that empowers and amplifies the work of our members in driving positive and lasting change. To this end, as a member you can join one of a growing number of ‘Diversity Networks’ representing professionals from BAME backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people in our profession and people who have lived experience of disability. You can also express your support and solidarity through our Allies Network. Our new Membership model, introduced
in 2020, has allowed us to go further still – opening up CILIP membership to a wider community than ever before and giving our members the chance to ensure that your membership subs are targeted to the causes you care about.
Training, CPD and skills CILIP is the UK’s leading provider of quality-assured training, CPD and skills development for information profes- sionals. With more than 50 events and training activities a year delivered both centrally and in partnership with our community, there is something to meet your needs, wherever you work and whatever your career stage.
Examples of recent events delivered by October-November 2021
Attend the CILIP Copyright Conference, save £55
Access to the eLearning Hub and archived webinars £120
Access to ProQuest and SAGE journals c. £200 for individual use
Access to the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base £150
Attend two ‘Webinar Wednesday’ £60
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