Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

CILIP was formed in 2002 by the merger of the Library Association (abbreviated as LA or sometimes LAUK) – founded in 1877 as a result of the first International Conference of LibrariansMunford, W. A. A History of the Library Association, 1877–1977, p. 3. London: Library Association, 1977.CILIP, [https://www.slideshare.net/CILIP/cilip-brand-guide Our look: the brand guide]; Ian Anstice, '[http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2017/03/cilip-stealth-rebrands-now-cilip-the-library-and-information-association.html CILIP stealth rebrands]', Public Libraries News, 1 March 2017; Phil Bradley, '[http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2017/02/cilip-the-err-library-and-information-association-.html CILIP the err.. library and information association], Phil Bradley's weblog, 28 February 2017 and awarded a Royal Charter in 1898Munford, p. 56; [https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/2017-10/CILIP%20Royal%20Charter%20-%20approved%20November%202014.pdf Royal Charter 1898, amended 1986 and 2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603184658/https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/2017-10/CILIP%2520Royal%2520Charter%2520-%2520approved%2520November%25202014.pdf |date=3 June 2019 }}A second International Conference was held in London in 1897; ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Second International Library Conference held in London, July 13–16, 1897; 1898 – and the Institute of Information Scientists (IIS), founded on 23 January 1958.{{cite web | title=UIA Yearbook Profile | website=Union of International Associations | url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100017794 | access-date=5 March 2021}}{{cite journal|author=Williamson, W. L.| journal=The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy|title=Review [untitled]|others=Reviewed Work: The Nationwide Provision and Use of Information: Aslib IIS LA Joint Conference, 15–19 September 1980, Sheffield: Proceedings|volume=52|issue=3 |date=1982| jstor=4307504|pages= 277–80| doi=10.1086/601248|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4307504}}

The first President of the Library Association had been John Winter Jones and other notable Presidents had included Richard Garnett (1893), Frederic G. Kenyon (1910), W. C. Berwick Sayers (1938), Lionel McColvin (1952) and Douglas John Foskett (1976).Munford, W. A. A History of the Library Association, 1877–1977, pp. 333–336. London: Library Association, 1977. The jubilee (50th year) of the Association was celebrated in 1927. Library associations from fourteen European countries and the United States signed a resolution at the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Library Association of the United Kingdom held in Edinburgh which brought the International Federation of Library Associations into existence.

The Library Association offered professional recognition at the level of Associate of the Library Association (ALA), the basic professional qualification, and Fellow of the Library Association (FLA), awarded for a higher level of professional achievement.{{Cite web |last=BCALVIN |date=2015-09-16 |title=Library Certificate and Degree Programs |url=https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/library-certificate-and-degree-programs |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=About ALA |language=en}}{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Membership of the CILIP on unification in 2002 was estimated at 23,000.CILIP, 'Membership' ({{Cite web |url=http://www.cilip.org.uk/member/member.html |title=CILIP – Membership |access-date=30 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020406104444/http://www.cilip.org.uk/member/member.html |archive-date=6 April 2002 |url-status=bot: unknown }}). Sheila Corrall was the first President of CILIP,{{Cite journal|date=2002|title=Rallying call to profession as CILIP launched|journal=Information World Review|volume=179|pages=1}} succeeded in 2003 by Margaret Watson.{{Cite web|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&id=GALE%7CA101593555&v=2.1&it=r&sid=LitRC&asid=272fa09f|title=The Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (Moves in Brief)|website=go.galegroup.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-12}}

In 2017, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals was rebranded to CILIP: The library and information association.

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CILIP has its headquarters in the British Library in London.[https://www.cilip.org.uk/news/636238/Farewell-Ridgmount-Street-hello-British-Library.htm Farewell Ridgmount Street, hello British Library], CILIP. Retrieved 7 April 2023. Until 2023, CILIP had been based at number 7 Ridgmount Street,[https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/Roombookings Holding your meetings and events at CILIP 2018], CILIP. Retrieved 29 November 2018. in the building purpose-built in 1965 as the headquarters of the Library Association.{{cite book| last1=Kent |first1=Allen |last2=Lancour |first2=Harold |last3=Daily| first3=Jay E.|title=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 14|date=1975|publisher=CC Press|page=324|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9P1rPFkRZkC&q=library+association+ridgmount+street+history&pg=PA324|access-date=1 January 2015|chapter=The Library Association|isbn=9780824720148}}

CILIP is a registered charity.{{EW charity|313014}}

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CILIP launched a monthly journal, Information Professional{{ISSN|2515-8015}} in 2017, providing news, interviews, and analysis. This publication succeeded Library & Information Update{{ISSN|1476-7171}} which was published from 2002 to 2017 and the Library Association Record{{ISSN|0024-2195}} published from 1899 to 2002. CILIP publications also include Lisjobnet (a recruitment website), and Facet Publishing (professional books).

CILIP hosts an annual conference for members and non-members. Past keynote speakers include Dr Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress in the US), Professor Luciano Floridi and Sir Nigel Shadbolt.{{cite web |url=https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/CarlaHaydenLoC |title=Leading the Library Congress into the Digital Age |date=March 15, 2017 |website=CILIP: The Library and Information Association |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722232554/https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/CarlaHaydenLoC |archive-date=July 22, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/BigdataethicsIP |title=The Ethics of the Infosphere |date=April 15, 2017 |website=CILIP: The Library and Information Association |access-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213051720/https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/BigdataethicsIP |archive-date=13 February 2019}}

CILIP works to raise the profile of the work of librarians and information professionals through campaigns, public affairs activity, and awards and medals, as well as promoting best practice. Campaigns have included My Library By Right{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-lead-support-cilips-library-campaign-319953|title=Authors lead support for My Library By Right campaign | The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com}} (publicising local government's statutory obligation to provide library services), Facts Matter{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/wikipedia-founder-joins-cilips-fight-against-fake-news-549651|title=Wikipedia founder joins CILIP's fight against 'fake news' {{!}} The Bookseller|last=Onwuemezi|first=Natasha|date=10 May 2017|website=www.thebookseller.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-24}} (championing the value of quality information during the 2017 UK General Election), and the annual Libraries Week campaign{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/more-1000-libraries-participate-first-libraries-week-648231|title=Over 1,000 venues participate in first Libraries Week | The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com}} and Libraries Change Lives Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/news/2017/10/prestigious-award-for-hmp-norwich-library-service-for-forgotten-prisoners|title=Prestigious award for HMP Norwich library service for 'forgotten' prisoners|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322083105/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/news/2017/10/prestigious-award-for-hmp-norwich-library-service-for-forgotten-prisoners|url-status=dead}}

CILIP awards the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals for children's books. CILIP works in partnership to award the Amnesty CILIP Honour, a special commendation which is part of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. Special interest groups also make their own awards, such as the Jason Farradane Award and Tony Kent Strix Award of UKeiG.

There are over 20 special interest groups for members working with, for instance, rare books and prison librariesCILIP, [https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/SpecialInterestGroup Special Interest Groups] and a similar number of 'organisations in liaison' with CILIP, such as Information for Social Change, the [http://www.nag.org.uk National Acquisitions Group], and the Society of Indexers.CILIP, [https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/item_14_armslength_review_scope_oct2016_2.docx 23 November 2016 Board meeting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184003/https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/item_14_armslength_review_scope_oct2016_2.docx |date=29 November 2018 }}, Item 14, Appendix A CILIP, in its previous incarnation as the Library Association, was a founder member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in 1927.Johanna L. de Vries, [https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/history/history-of-ifla-1927-1940_de-vries_1976.pdf The history of the International Federation of Library Associations: from its creation to the Second World War, 1927-1940], Master's thesis, Loughborough University, 1976, page 9; accessed 29 November 2018.

Some specialist groups organise conferences such as the annual LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Conference), held since 2005 by the CILIP's Information Literacy Group,{{cite book |last1=Bowman |first1=J. H. |title=British librarianship and information work 2011-2015 |date=24 January 2017 |isbn=978-1-326-82047-3 |pages=427–8, 434 |publisher=Lulu.com |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o3qXDgAAQBAJ&q=lilac+conference&pg=PA434 |access-date=27 August 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=About LILAC |url=https://www.lilacconference.com/about-lilac |website=www.lilacconference.com |publisher=LILAC |access-date=27 August 2020 |language=en}} or the [https://www.hlg-conference.com/hlg2024/en/page/home Health Libraries Group conference], held every two years.

CILIP's archives are held by University College London Special Collections, having been deposited with the institution between 2002 and 2007.{{Cite web |last=UCL Special Collections |title=CILIP Archive |url=https://archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CILIP |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=UCL Archives Catalogue}}

CILIP accredits degree courses in library and information science at universities in the UK, as well as a number of overseas programmes in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Oman, Thailand and Qatar.[https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/Qualifications CILIP accredited qualifications] (accessed 29 November 2018)

There are three levels of professional registration with corresponding postnominal letters:AGCAS. [https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/academic-librarian Prospects job profile: Academic librarian], August 2017 (accessed 16 April 2018)[http://www.cilip.org.uk/page/RoyalCharter/ CILIP Royal Charter] (accessed 16 April 2018)

• Certified Affiliate (ACLIP), suitable for paraprofessionals without an accredited qualificationWatson, Margaret; ‘Professional qualifications: a CILIP perspective’ in AIDAinformazioni; Vol. 23, no. 4, (2005), pp. 25-26
• Chartered Member (MCLIP)
• Chartered Fellow (FCLIP)

Honorary Fellowship (HonFCLIP), akin to an honorary degree, is granted to a small number of people who have rendered distinguished service to the profession.

CILIP provides opportunities for continuing professional development and a self-assessment tool, the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base. Registered members may revalidate their registration annually.CILIP, [https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/Revalidation Revalidation] (accessed 16 April 2018)

Membership of CILIP is not compulsory for practice.

The following information on CILIP membership is taken from CILIP Council reports with the exceptions of the estimates for 2002, 2003 and 2005.[https://archive.cilip.org.uk/how-cilip-works/board-meetings-agm/board-meetings CILIP Council]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Membership numbers for 2004 and 2006 are not available.

The method of calculation was changed in 2018 to count 'Life Members' as a separate category in published membership statistics and hence these figures do not represent a continuous series. As at January 2019 there were approximately 1,000 'Life Members' of CILIP.

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| president = Martina McChrystal

| head_label = Head

| head = Sean McNamara

| staff = 2{{cite web|url=http://www.cilips.org.uk/about/meet-the-team/|title=CILIPS, Meet the Team|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405155331/http://www.cilips.org.uk/about/meet-the-team/|archive-date=5 April 2018|url-status=dead}}

| budget = £22,000

| num_members = 1,200 (as of 2019)

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| location = Glasgow, United Kingdom

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The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIP in Scotland, or CILIPS) is a charitable incorporated organisation affiliated to CILIP.{{Scottish charity|SC038532}} All CILIP members working or living in Scotland are automatically members of CILIPS.CILIPS, [http://www.cilips.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Rulesandregsapprovedagm2016.pdf Rules and Regulations], section 9 (2016) Policy, finances, operational matters and advocacy are devolved to CILIPS Trustee Board and staff and CILIP services are delivered via a service level agreement.{{cite web|url=https://www.cilips.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Service-Level-Agreement-2020-onwards.pdf |title=Service Level Agreement|author=Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals}} CILIPS works with the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC), the advisory body for the Scottish Government on library and information matters.

CILIP in Scotland was originally established as the Scottish Library Association in 1908 and affiliated with the Library Association in 1931.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cilips.org.uk/about/|title=About|first=Habanero|last=Digital|website=CILIPS}} When CILIP was established in 2002, the Scottish Library Association voted to change its name to CILIPS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cilips.org.uk/about/our-history/|title=Timeline|first=Habanero|last=Digital|website=CILIPS}} CILIPS published a professional journal, Information Scotland ({{ISSN|1479-8441}}), between 2003 and 2009, which subsequently became a newsletter.

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• Munford, W. A. A History of The Library Association, 1877-1977 (London: The Library Association, 1976)

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• [https://archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CILIP CILIP Archive] at University College London

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