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We are CILIP – a new action plan to unlock new opportunities
CILIP launches its new five-year strategy and action plan this month, setting out the key themes and pri- orities that will define the future of our professional community. We Are CILIP will enable CILIP to build
on the progress achieved over the last five years and to look ahead to new ways of sup- porting the profession and the people who work in it. The action plan sets out how CILIP will support its members through powerful and effective representation, world-leading recognition, future-ready expertise and a thriving community. Data and information are fuelling new
ways of working, and information pro- fessionals in all sectors are helping to release that value for organisations, com- munities and individuals. With tech nology playing a huge role in the way knowledge and information is gathered, stored and accessed, so information professionals
are developing new skills, and the We are CILIP strategy will support them every step of the way. Four key areas have been identified as crucial elements that will underpin the development of the profession. Each of the elements – digital transformation, leader- ship, equity and social justice, and sustain- ability – will provide a solid foundation for positive change. The strategy has been care- fully developed to enable individuals and organisations to support their communities and users. As the name suggests, We are CILIP is firmly rooted in CILIP’s membership and a sense of inclusivity – helping to unite the profession and encouraging individuals to act and get involved where they can. CILIP Chief Executive Nick Poole said:
“We are CILIP marks a turning-point for our professional community – the moment when we move from being infor-
mation managers to information leaders. I am so excited to share this strategy and action plan, which has been developed in dialogue with our members in all sectors. By working together, we can achieve a tremendously exciting future for our pro- fession.” We are CILIP has been developed in collaboration with CILIP’s individuals members, through a series of Big Conver- sation events held last year. CILIP’s grass- roots member networks and special interest groups have also been heavily involved in informing the latest strategy. CILIP’s board of trustees signed off the strategy on behalf of members last month, and over the next few months work will begin to implement and embed the strategy throughout CILIP’s work. To find out more about the strategy, what
it means for you, and to learn how to get involved turn to page 18.
This is just to let you know...
AN online art project chronicling library closures through a series of letters written by “William Ewart of Rosehill” to the library minister has been created by librarian Jacqueline May. A total of 63 letters written and addressed to the minister with responsibility for libraries have been framed, along with the “opened” envelope. Each letter begins in the same way and continues by naming a library that has been closed down. Jacqueline will be publishing images of the letters on a specially creat-
ed website, and she says the work is designed to highlight the drastic effect of public library closures on staff and users. She said: “Each letter begins ‘This is just to let you know’ and names the library, where it is located and the date it closed permanently.
“The timeline of the letters is from 2011-2017 which saw the greatest decline in public library provision in England. Librarians will under- stand why I have chosen the writer of these letters to be William Ewart.” The project has used data on library closures collected and published by Ian Anstice on Public Libraries News (
www.publiclibrariesnews.com). Jacqueline adds: “I wanted to mark and commemorate these librar-
ies, the people who used them and the people who worked in them. It is not a comprehensive list of libraries which have permanently closed and neither is it primarily a political statement. I wanted to name as many libraries as possible over this five year period. There is an inherent beauty in the names of these libraries. They conjure up whole worlds.” The first letter was published on 17 January, with the others being added regularly at
https://libraryletters63.wordpress.com. You can also follow the project on Twitter at @jacannem
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