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 About the Group
Chartership
Divisions
Impact
International
Membership/how to join
Publishing
About the Group
What is the Career Development Group?
The Career Development Group is a Special Interest Group within CILIP, the Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals (formerly known as the Library Association). The Career Development Group developed out of the Association of Assistant Librarians. Our membership includes professionals from across a wide range of information work, in all sectors. We are involved in a wide variety of activites, including courses, fund-raising to support international projects, production of a journal, Impact, and supporting chartership.
Our mission statement can be found here.
The committee meets four times a year, with two of those meetings as National Councils which offer the chance for representatives from the Divisions to attend and make their points of view known. .
Chartership, Certification and Revalidation
Who is my local Candidate Support Officer (CSO)?
Each regional Division of the Career Development Group in the UK has its own CSO. If you are not sure who to contact, the Honorary Learning Coordinator Carol Barker will be able to help you.
How can the CSO help me with my Chartership?
The CSOs are there to help candidates by providing information, advice and guidance, as well as organising free courses locally that will help candidates at any stage in the Chartership, Certification or Revalidation process. Find out more about the CSO Network
When is the next Chartership/Certification/Revalidation course/meeting?
Chartership, Certification and Revalidation courses and events are held throughout the country on a regular basis. There are also many informal groups throughout the country which meet semi-regularly; details are posted on the lis-cilip-reg mailing list.
How can I see examples of past Chartership submissions?
Contact your local CSO: each one has copies of successful Chartership, Certification and Revalidation submissions that you can borrow.
Can you provide me with a mentor?
The CILIP website has lists of available mentors. You could also contact your local CSO, who may be able to put you in touch with other professionals who have offered to act as mentors.
Divisions
How do I find out where my local Division/committee is?
One of the unique features of the Career Development Group SIG is its divisional structure. This map shows your local division.
How can I get involved?
Committees welcome new members; there is a wide range of areas where members may get involved with the activities of the Career Development Group. In the first instance, contact your local division.
Impact
What is Impact?
Impact is the journal of the Career Development Group. It is published four times a year. Two articles from each edition are made available on the website.
How can I submit an article to Impact?
Contact the Honorary Editors for further details.
How can I subscribe to Impact?
If you are a member of the Career Development Group you will receive this as part of your membership. Contact the Associate Subscriptions Officer for further details.
International
What international projects does the Career Development Group support?
We support a range of international projects and activities. For several years we have supported a VSO librarian and several book projects. We also run study tours. Further information on our international involvement can be found here.
How do I join the Career Development Group?
I am already a member of CILIP
This is simple and only takes one phone call or email!
As part of your CILIP membership, you can choose free membership of any 2 Special Interest Groups (SIG), including the Career Development Group. If you wish to change one of your existing memberships over to the Career Development Group, then all you need to do is contact the CILIP membership department (details below), quoting your name and your CILIP membership number.
If you prefer, you can add membership of the Career Development Group as an extra SIG, although CILIP will charge you a nominal fee for this.
All you then need to do is to remember to choose the Career Development Group on your CILIP membership renewal form, by writing A in the SIG box.
CILIP Membership Department can be contacted at:
Membership Department
CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgmount Street
LONDON
WC1E 7AE
Tel: (020) 7255 0600
E-mail: membership@cilip.org.uk
I am not a member of CILIP
The Career Development Group is one of the Special Interest Groups (SIG) of CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals. When you join CILIP, you are entitled to free membership of any 2 SIGs, including the Career Development Group.
You can join CILIP by filling out a membership form. These are available here: http://www.cilip.org.uk/member/join.html or directly from the Membership Department at:
Membership Department
CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgmount Street
LONDON
WC1E 7AE
Tel: (020) 7255 0600
E-mail: membership@cilip.org.uk
When you fill in your form, just enter A in the Special Interest Groups box.
What do I do next?
One of the best things about the Career Development Group is that it works at a local level. Once you have joined the Career Development Group, it is important to get in touch with your local branch who can tell you exactly what is happening in your region and how you can get involved. Local contact details are available here – just click on your local division on the map:
http://www.careerdevelopmentgroup.org.uk/divisions_map.htm
Publishing
When will the next edition of Adult Sequels be published?
For any enquiries about the titles we publish, the Honorary Publications Officer will be delighted to help.
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