1. Its all about you:
the profession and its future
John Dolan OBE
Chair
CILIP Council
@johnrdolan
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
2. Libraries and me …
• Business information • Management (doh)
• Community information • Families
• Urban and Inner city • Library concept and
• Learning design
• Mime • National Policy and
• People‟s Network Strategy
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
3. CILIP
• Chair of Council • Personal priorities for
– Member CILIP
– Elected Trustee – Sustainability
– Chair of Council – Financial confidence
– Advocacy
• The national body for – Future Skills
library and information – Branches and Groups
workers – Cross-sector collaboration
– The “library” idea
• What are your priorities?
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
7. Standing out!
‘A good library, and
crucially, a good
librarian can be a
real benefit to a
school and
attainment.’
(Education APPG July
2011)
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
8. Defining our Professional Future
• Networking and
community
• Continuing
professional
development
• Advocacy and
thought leadership
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
9. What we‟re doing about it
• Future Skills
• Advocacy for all
• Building a shed!
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
10. Advocacy and thought
leadership
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
11. Networking and community
• Branch and
group review
• „Tool shed‟
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future