Librarywebbie makes the interesting point that librarians have been left out of the recent NHS recruitment campaign on TV and wonders if CILIP should be doing anything about it. On a vaguely related note, CILIP have released a report (summary…
Where is CILIP?
Librarywebbie comments on the Guardian article about Bangor University proposing to sack most of its professional library staff: Question is, why is there no mention on CILIP’s website? I hope they are lobbying strongly. I had the same thought last…
Why is CILIP?
I’ve always been intrigued as to why CILIP, the result of an act of union between the Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists, is needed. I have never been a member and have no intention of becoming one.…
Libraries at number 50 in Best of British poll
Viz (no. 136, June/July 2004) has put Libraries at number 50 in its poll of every single person on the electoral roll of reasons to be proud to be British: Once dull, dusty, silent places full of boring books, libraries…
Specialised training for librarians
CILIP, aka the Library Association (LA), has a webpage detailing training available to its members and others on its lovely pink website. These ‘forthcoming workshops’ are divided into seven categories. What would you expect these to be, coming as they…
The uses of Chartership
Kristen wonders about the point of writing her CILIP registration paper: Even if I write it and it gets accepted first time and I become a CILIP Chartered Librarian in the UK…. in the US, I’ll still be Kristen, Librarian…