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ARLY bird tickets are now available for the CILIP
Unconference 2024. This year’s theme is
‘collaboration’ and there will be a wide range of exciting talks, visits and workshops with engaging speakers with varied backgrounds including leading library, information and knowledge management professionals.
As a CPD-certified event, there will be plenty of opportunities for professional development and networking with like-minded individuals.
As if you need another reason to attend: On the evening of Saturday October 2024, The Glynhill Hotel, Glasgow, will play host to the CILIP Unconference Reception and Dinner with a number of interesting local and national guests invited to join us for networking, food, music, spoken word and drinks!
For further information on this year’s CILIP Unconference see the full programme at
https://tinyurl.com/ Unconference24Details and register at
https://tinyurl.com/Unconference24Register
Collaborator
CILIP RPG is keen to reach out to the wider community to build relationships and collaborate. One of our latest collaborators is Kimberly McIntosh, a library supporter who was until recently a Labour councillor in Southwark. Kimberly is a writer and researcher, with a focus on race and inequality who has written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Washington Post, Independent, Metro, i news, gal-dem and Vice. Her first book, Black Girl, No Magic, is an essay collection that marries research with memoir and was published in paperback by the Borough Press at HarperCollins in April 2024.
In a short article for PostLib June 2024
CILIP RPG is keen to reach out to the wider community to build relationships and collaborate.
magazine Kimberly writes “Libraries lift me up and I like to walk around them when I’m feeling down.” Read Kimberely’s article ‘Why libraries matter’ CILIP RPG PostLib magazine issue 103 June 2024 at https://
tinyurl.com/CILIPPostLib
Professional Registration Support Professional Registration Support forms an important part of the work of the Regional CILIP Networks. Sian King, who is vice-chair of CILIP RPG, has been the Professional Registration Support Officer for Wales for four years. She recently updated the CILIP RPG team on the CILIP Cymru Wales Conference in Cardiff which included the workshop she organised on Professional Registration. Sian covered all aspects of the process in the workshop and tailored the content to suit the participants, who included professionals thinking about enrolling, those who were just about to get going as well as a member interested in revalidation. The session was very interactive. Lloyd Roderick, a member of the Professional Registration Panel, joined the session to give the assessor’s view.
Sian commented on the network linking up the Professional Registration Support Officers (PRSOs), saying: “There are around 14 PRSOs covering the regions in England and each of the devolved nations. We meet
Ian Orton (
ianorton5@gmail.com) is CILIP RPG Chair and Senior Library Professional.
regularly and devise a programme of training which can be viewed on the CILIP website. These are free to CILIP members and, over the last four years, have been mostly delivered online and been well attended. Doing a face-to-face session felt quite different and, in many ways, more valuable to the candidates but of course the online sessions are often more convenient and involve no travel! The PRSOs also answer queries, via a forum, about the actual process of completing the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB), gathering and reflecting on evidence to meet the three key criteria and submitting the final portfolio. It’s a very rewarding voluntary role, and many of the PRSOs are also mentors, although this is not a requirement. There are currently vacancies for PRSOs in some regions, including London. Support is given by CILIP, so if you are interested in applying please contact
memberservices@cilip.org.uk”.
CILIP RPG updates
Stay updated by following CILIP RPG on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and subscribe to the CILIP RPG newsletter and the PostLib magazine at
http://cilip.org.uk/update (CILIP login required).
Kimberly McIntosh.
CILIP RPG meetings, visits and webinars are listed on CILIP pages at:
http://tinyurl.com/CILIPRPGnews IP
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