IN DEPTH ‘‘ Kimberly Bryce.
As our club was born into a post-pandemic world, this meant that we had a range of organisational tools at our disposal to help us manage the logistics and communications for our group.
Chartership Club: Collaborative approaches to Professional Registration
Undertaking your Professional Registration can be a daunting task for new and seasoned professionals alike. Kimberly Bryce, Resource Librarian (Acquisitions & Collections), Glasgow Caledonian University explains how collaboration and clubs powered the process.
WHEN I initially began working at Glasgow University (GCU) in 2013 as a newly quali- fied librarian, I eagerly took the first steps to complete my Chartership registration, however one thing or another always seemed to get in the way.
Fast forward to 2022 where, in the aftermath of COVID-19 and a lot of lockdown-fueled intro- spection, I decided to pursue the challenge again. However, this time around I was keen to pursue things differently. Instead of striking out on my own, a group of colleagues and I decided to form a Chartership Club and try a collaborative approach to Professional Registration.
Setting up Chartership Club
Inspired by the in-person Chartership Cafe study sessions run by CILIPS West branch and the sub- sequent online CILIPS PR Power-Ups, we hoped that working together towards our Professional Registration goals would strengthen our chances of success, particularly considering our previous, unsuccessful, solo endeavours. The club was formed based on word of mouth, colleagues who’d previ- ously mentioned to each other in passing that they’d be interested in Professional Registration if we only had the time, and our little group was formed. Everyone had engaged with the process to varying
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degrees before, but the consensus was that no one really knew where to start, had trouble carving out some dedicated time to focus, and we all desired a little bit of accountability to help us along. To give some perspective and a picture of our workforce, the Sir Alex Ferguson Library at Glas- gow Caledonian University (GCU) is home to the institution’s main library, as well as the Archive and Special Collections, and at the time of writing has approximately 40 staff members. There has always been a positive culture of supporting staff train- ing and development at GCU, and I am grateful to have taken advantage of many opportunities since arriving in 2013. Additionally, GCU has always been particularly involved with CILIP, as an Employer Partner but also with many staff engaged with CILIP Scotland as branch volunteers, committee chairs and trustees and even a previous CILIPS President. All of this is to say that when we approached the senior management team with our proposal they were extremely encouraging. Knowing the time that would be required for compiling a chartership port- folio and also for attending CPD events, training, and visits, we were able to reach a compromise with our senior management team, ensuring dedicated time would be ring-fenced across both our personal and professional time, while also ensuring that sup- port with our day-to-day tasks and varying responsi-
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