Professional Registration allows anyone to demonstrate their skills and knowledge at one of three levels – Certification, Char- tership or Fellowship. Each level reflects where you are in your career and focuses on developing and showing real-world skills and knowledge, as outlined in the PKSB. Fellowship has been accred- ited in Scotland as the equivalent of a Master’s level qualification, offering a clear demonstration of expertise. The process is supported by CILIP’s online resources and tools, but there is an added layer of support through CILIP’s mentors who have each been through Professional Registration and can offer personal experience and guidance.
Professional Registration is not only about demonstrating an individual’s professional development, it can also deliver benefits such as helping you to:
l Take the next step in your career. Widely recognised and respected, Professional Registration strengthens your CV and helps open up new opportunities and develop your current role;
l increase your status. Professional registration demonstrates to employers and colleagues that you are committed to developing and maintaining the knowledge, skills and competency needed to meet today’s information needs;
l increase recognition of your abilities, skills and experience. Once you have gained a level of Professional Registration you will be able to use the postnominals ACLIP (Certification), MCLIP (Chartership) or FCLIP (Fellowship) and you can be included on CILIP’s public register of practitioners;
l increase your earnings. CILIP’s 2023 workforce mapping found “High earners are more likely to hold professional qualifi- cations than low earners” (
https://tinyurl.com/workforcemapping).
Find out how you can start your Professional Registration journey at
www.cilip.org.uk/professionalregistration.
Free lunch
CILIP has been working hard to help members prepare for differ- ent future scenarios. Last year, with Arts Council England funding, CILIP commissioned and published its Come Rain or Shine report which provides a step-by-step guide to planning future services using scenarios to help services prepare for possible futures. Now CILIP has developed a free leadership-based online training programme to equip the public library workforce in England with skills and futures literacy to meet future local needs (
www.cilip.org.uk/ futurelibraryleader), see pp. 12&13 of this issue. Meanwhile CILIP continues its work exploring new issues and making connections across the sector. Examples include the National Lottery funded £1.2m Green Libraries Hubs – which will establish 10 Green Library Hubs that act as catalysts for grassroots action on climate change (
https://tinyurl.com/greenlibraryhubs). Google Super Searchers, a national programme designed by Google to enhance information literacy and critical search skills across schools, libraries, and communities. (
https://tinyurl.com/googlesu- persearchers), was also rolled out by CILIP this year. And there is also The Green Libraries Self-Assessment Frame- work:
www.cilip.org.uk/GreenLibrariesManifesto.
Big Feast
As announced in October, London will host IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress for its 100th anniversary – the first time it has been in the UK for 25 years. It is the most prestigious interna- tional library event, what IFLA describes as a “feast of librarianship”, and your CILIP membership will mean a significant discount for tickets to the multi-day event. Combine this with early-bird rates and you can secure an even bigger discount. But the biggest benefit of WLIC 2027 is likely to be the focus it brings to all parts of the profession during 2026 (See p.5). Commenting on winning the WLIC bid, Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CILIP
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