NEWS Help shape CILIP’s next five-year plan
A NEW strategy to guide CILIP’s development over the next five years needs your input. As CILIP moves towards the end of its last five-year strategy,
We Are CILIP, work is underway to create a new plan to help CILIP and its members build a sustainable future for the profession. Consultation has already begun, but CILIP Is keen to hear from as many different people, representing sectors from across the profession as possible. Input from members and non-members will help CILIP’s
staff and board to develop a strategy that truly meets the needs of information, knowledge and library professions as we move towards 2030. CILIP Chief Executive Louis Coiffait-Gunn said: “CILIP’s new strategy will prioritise what we’ll achieve for the whole profession up to 2030. It will empower every person and every organisation in it, to grow your positive impact on your users and on society, and to be be better recognised for it. It’s an open and iterative process – do please get involved to share your ideas with us. How can CILIP help you to stay at the cutting edge of theory and practice? What are the issues we should be prioritising in our advocacy with the government? This is your opportunity to tell us, do please get involved.”
Why it matters The new strategy will provide focus and direction for CILIP, helping it to set goals that support the profession. The five-year plan will underpin CILIP’s work, shaping direction and focus for the organisation and helping to provide the services, advo- cacy, training and events that support a sustainable profession. The findings from this phase of the new strategy develop- ment will help CILIP:
l define the key issues and priorities for 2026–2030;
l understand what’s changing in your role, organisation, or community;
l decide where CILIP should lead, support, or amplify voices.
How to get involved The consultation is being conducted through in-person and online events, with a consultation roadshow already in process. Two online Townhall events are scheduled for May, hosted by
Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CILIP CEO, and Kate Robinson, Chair of CILIP Trustees. These events are open to anyone wanting to have their say or learn more about how the strategy will be developed. There is also a short survey that can be completed online or
by answering the questions below and sending your responses to CILIP by post. All responses are anonymous, and the answers must be returned to CILIP by 4 July 2025. You can find links to the online survey and registration details
for the two Townhall events at
https://tinyurl.com/CILIPConsult26. To take part by post, complete the following questions and return them to CILIP Strategy Consultation 2026, CILIP, 5th Floor, Woburn House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ.
Survey questions Please note that whilst this survey is intended to be anony- mous, it may be the case that your comments identify you, either directly or indirectly. Your responses will only be accessed by individuals who have a need to view them for the purpose of collating and evaluating the survey data. They will be stored until January 2026, when the new strategy will be launched. They may be shared with CILIP’s senior team and board members.
1. As a member of the profession, what are the main positive impacts you’ve had on your users?
2. And on your employers? 3. And on the profession? 4. And on society? 5. What helps you to have those positive impacts? 6. How do you know you’re having an impact? 7. And what holds you back? 8. How could CILIP best help you increase that positive impact?
9. And is there anything else you want CILIP to do over the next five years for you?
10. Is there anything else you want CILIP to do over the next five years for the profession?
If you have any questions about this survey or the strategy con- sultation more broadly, please email
yvonne.morris@
cilip.org.uk.
Media literacy skills needed to build resilient
and engaged society THE Media and Information Literacy Alliance (MILA) has submitted a response to a parliamentary inquiry into media literacy. The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee launched an inquiry in March to look at information media literacy. Its aim was to understand what good media literacy should look like, and followed a finding by Ofcom that just 45 per cent of UK adults are confident that they can judge whether sources of information are truthful. The response came from MILA’s Chair of Trustees Julian McDougall, Professor of Media and Education, Bournemouth University. He stressed the importance of media and informa- tion literacy skills in society, as well as a strong need to ensure young people are well equipped through education.
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The response also addressed a number of questions raised by the committee as part of its inquiry. As part of his submission to the committee, Julian said: “[MILA] enables, empowers and protects citizens and benefit society as media and information literate people are safer, more critical and more positive about the contribution they can make to society, more equipped to work in future employment sectors, more resilient to misin- formation and disinformation, more civically engaged and equipped with the critical agency to use AI for social good. As such, MIL is more than just about protecting against online harms, which is how it has tended to be framed in UK public policy; MIL is fundamentally about developing a criti- cal understanding of information and media environments.” You can read the full submission at
https://tinyurl.com/MILAInfoPro02.
Summer 2025
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