Update from CILIP West Midlands including preliminary survey analysis.

1. CILIP West Midlands
Member Survey 2012
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2. CILIP West Midlands
“The role of the West Midland Branch of
CILIP is to raise the profile, represent its
members and enhance the expertise of
library and information workers in the
region.”
CILIP West Midlands website
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3. Preliminary analysis
• 60 respondents, 52 of whom current
members (mainly chartered or associate
members)
• Represent broad cross-section of sector
(public, academic, health, schools, special
collections, museums, government,
corporate)
• Members of most special interest groups
represented
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4. Priorities for next year
Funding CPD
opportunities, 8.
Sharing 5%
information
sector
news, 6.8%
1. Organising
Collaborating
with SIGs, 5.1%
Regular member
communication,
training events
20.3%
Advocacy at
local
level, 1.7%
2. Regular
Advocacy at a networking
national
Regular
networking
opportunities, 20
level, 6.8%
opportunities
.3%
Feeding into 3. Regular
CILIP's policy
Organising
making, 8.5%
member
training
events, 22.0% communicatio
n
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5. Popular topics for events
1. Promoting the library and its services
2. Visits to other libraries and information
centres within the region
3. Social media use (for libraries and
librarians)
4. Information technology
5. Mobile technologies in libraries
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6. Other highlights
• Most respondents willing to travel in region
if event is reasonably priced and has good
transport links
• Lots of interest in visiting new libraries in
the region
• Some people left their details offering to
help – thank you!
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7. Upcoming events
• FRBR for the terrified, collaborative event
with Cataloguing and Indexing Group (23rd
May)
• University of Worcester Research
Collections incl. Hartlebury Castle & Hurd
Library tour (9th May)
• Visit to Sandwell Council Community
History & Archives Service (7th June)
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8. Subscribe for updates
• Register on CILIP website in our region
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9. Contact us
http://www.cilip.org.uk/wm
cilipwm@yahoo.com
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@cilipwm
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