After using the word advocacy a lot (but being rather shy about it), it seems that CILIP are actually going to do some public advocacy of the library profession and support the quality of the public library service. They have…
CILIP on Second Life
After all my criticisms of CILIP not embracing new information technology, in particular RSS feeds, they went and opened an office in Second Life. Ian Snowley (IanSnowley Allen), CILIP president, explains how he gave the inaugural address at the office…
CILIP Lisjobnet RSS feed
I have now created an RSS feed for library jobs presented at CILIP’s Lisjobnet vacancies site: subscribe to http://www.aurochs.org/internet/blogging/ciliprss.php. As I’ve said before, I am amazed that the professional organisation representing those who are meant to be at the forefront…
Professional and non-professional librarians
Tim Coates has written a post suggesting that the distinction between professional and non-professional librarians should be abandoned, something I am whole-heartedly in favour of. He argues this from a public-library standpoint and with two main observations: That the librarians…
Chance for free CILIP membership
CILIP, the organisation that brought you £20 Amazon vouchers for members who recruit new members, and an exclusive car buying service with Nexus Cars now says: Renew your CILIP membership by 14 February and you could win 1 of 10…
Bunch of RSS
The CILIP RSS feed threw up a training session from UKeiG which, untypically for the CILIP RSS feed, amused me. It said: Don’t know your RSS from your elbow? Haven’t a clue where to hang the blogroll? That’s the stuff.…
Exclusive car buying service for CILIP members
Exciting news from CILIP: An exclusive car buying service has been secured from Nexus Cars as the latest addition to Special Deals for CILIP Members, the package of affinity benefits that provide extra value for CILIP membership. Nexus Cars can…
CILIP silent on public library problems
Following a continued attack by Tim Coates on the management and policies surrounding public libraries in the UK, Chris Armstrong criticises CILIP for failing to wade in. He makes a few points: That CILIP should respond in a reasoned and…
The value of CILIP
In lieu of a proper post, I would like to point you in the direction of a post on Ian Snowley’s weblog from April about the Value of CILIP on which we had a short exchange of comments. Ian Snowley…
CILIP’s membership message
CILIP (via Edith Speller) have come up with a shortlist of ‘membership messages’, the idea being that: If someone asks you “why join CILIP?” can you give a simple, compelling answer? Well, apparently now you can, and since I have…