View source for Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

{{Short description|Professional body in the United Kingdom}}
{{redirect|Library Association|other library associations|List of library associations}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox institute
| name = CILIP
| image = CILIP logo.svg
| alt = CILIP logo introduced in 2017
| established = {{start date and age|2002|paren=yes}}<br />1958 <small>(Institute of Information Scientists)</small><br />1877 <small>(Library Association)</small>
| president = Sue Lacey Bryant<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential Team and Chairs |url=https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/presidentsandchairs |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=www.cilip.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>
| head_label = Chief Executive
| head = Louis Coiffait-Gunn<ref>{{Cite web |title=CILIP Staff |url=https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/CILIPstaff |access-date=2025-06-28 |website=www.cilip.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>
| staff = 47<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=313014&subid=0|title=Charity Commission. Data for financial year ending 31 December 2021|access-date=2023-08-05}}</ref>
| budget = {{increase}} £4.0 million<ref name="auto"/>
| num_members = 9,337 ({{as of|2019|lc=y}})<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cilip.org.uk/resource/collection/87A28550-EAFF-45DA-B74A-9B6F1188778A/CILIP_-_Signed_Accs_Sep_19.pdf |title=Trustees' Report and Financial Statement, 31 December 2019|access-date=2021-05-21}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.cilip.org.uk/}}
| location = [[London]], {{postcode|WC|1}}
}}

The '''Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals''' ('''CILIP''', pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|l|ɪ|p}} {{respell|SIL|ip}}) is a [[professional body]] for [[librarian]]s, [[information specialist]]s and [[knowledge management|knowledge managers]] in the [[United Kingdom]].

It was established in 2002 as a merger of the '''Library Association''' (LA, sometimes LAUK) and the '''Institute of Information Scientists''' (IIS).

CILIP in Scotland (CILIPS) is an independent organisation which operates in [[Scotland]] in affiliation with CILIP and delivers services via a [[service level agreement]].

CILIP's 2020 goal is to "put information and library skills and professional values at the heart of a democratic, equal and prosperous society".

==History==
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 Librarians<ref>Munford, W. A. ''A History of the Library Association, 1877–1977'', p. 3. London: Library Association, 1977.</ref><ref>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</ref> and awarded a [[Royal Charter]] in 1898<ref>Munford, 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 }}</ref><ref>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</ref> – and the Institute of Information Scientists (IIS), founded on 23 January 1958.<ref>{{cite web | title=UIA Yearbook Profile | website=Union of International Associations | url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100017794 | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The first President of the Library Association had been [[John Winter Jones]] and other notable Presidents had included [[Richard Garnett (writer)|Richard Garnett]] (1893), [[Frederic G. Kenyon]] (1910), [[W. C. Berwick Sayers]] (1938), [[Lionel McColvin]] (1952) and [[Douglas John Foskett]] (1976).<ref>Munford, W. A. ''A History of the Library Association, 1877–1977'', pp. 333–336. London: Library Association, 1977.</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Membership of the CILIP on unification in 2002 was estimated at 23,000.<ref>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 }}).</ref> [[Sheila Corrall]] was the first President of CILIP,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2002|title=Rallying call to profession as CILIP launched|journal=Information World Review|volume=179|pages=1}}</ref> succeeded in 2003 by Margaret Watson.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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

==Description==
[[File:CILIP Headquarters in Ridgmount Street, London.jpg|thumb|Former CILIP headquarters in Ridgmount Street, London]]
CILIP has its headquarters in the [[British Library]] in London.<ref>[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.</ref> Until 2023, CILIP had been based at number 7 [[Ridgmount Street]],<ref>[https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/Roombookings Holding your meetings and events at CILIP 2018], CILIP. Retrieved 29 November 2018.</ref> in the building purpose-built in 1965 as the headquarters of the Library Association.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

CILIP is a [[registered charity]].<ref>{{EW charity|313014}}</ref>

==Activities==
[[File:Information_Professional_magazine.jpg|thumb|The cover of the first issue of ''Information Professional'' magazine (November 2017) showing [[Roly Keating]] of the [[British Library]]]]

CILIP launched a monthly journal, ''Information Professional''<ref>{{ISSN|2515-8015}}</ref> in 2017, providing news, interviews, and analysis. This publication succeeded ''Library & Information Update''<ref>{{ISSN|1476-7171}}</ref> which was published from 2002 to 2017 and the ''Library Association Record''<ref>{{ISSN|0024-2195}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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<ref>{{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 &#124; The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com}}</ref> (publicising local government's statutory obligation to provide library services), Facts Matter<ref>{{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}}</ref> (championing the value of quality information during the 2017 UK General Election), and the annual Libraries Week campaign<ref>{{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 &#124; The Bookseller|website=www.thebookseller.com}}</ref> and Libraries Change Lives Award.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

CILIP awards the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie]] and [[Kate Greenaway Medal]]s 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|Tony Kent Strix Award]] of UKeiG.

There are over 20 special interest groups for members working with, for instance, [[rare books]] and [[prison libraries]]<ref>CILIP, [https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/SpecialInterestGroup Special Interest Groups]</ref> 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]].<ref>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</ref> 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.<ref>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.</ref>

Some specialist groups organise conferences such as the annual LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Conference), held since 2005 by the CILIP's Information Literacy Group,<ref name="bowman">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 

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

There are three levels of professional registration with corresponding [[List of post-nominal letters|postnominal letters]]:<ref>AGCAS. [https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/academic-librarian Prospects job profile: Academic librarian], August 2017 (accessed 16 April 2018)</ref><ref>[http://www.cilip.org.uk/page/RoyalCharter/ CILIP Royal Charter] (accessed 16 April 2018)</ref>
* [[Professional certification|Certified Affiliate]] (ACLIP), suitable for [[paraprofessional]]s without an accredited qualification<ref name=watson26>Watson, Margaret; ‘Professional qualifications: a CILIP perspective’ in ''AIDAinformazioni''; Vol. 23, no. 4, (2005), pp. 25-26</ref>
* [[Chartered (professional)|Chartered Member]] (MCLIP)
* [[Fellow|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.<ref>CILIP, [https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/Revalidation Revalidation] (accessed 16 April 2018)</ref>

Membership of CILIP is not compulsory for practice.

== Membership ==

The following information on CILIP membership is taken from CILIP Council reports with the exceptions of the estimates for 2002, 2003 and 2005.<ref>[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 }}</ref> Membership numbers for 2004 and 2006 are not available.

{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center"
|
! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 
!2018
!2019
!2020
!2021
|-
! Number of members
| ≈23,000<ref>The figure of ≈23,000 is taken from a copy of the CILIP Web site available on the Internet Archive [https://web.archive.org/web/20021202092735/http://www.cilip.org.uk/member/member.html CILIP Membership, 2 December 2002]</ref>
| 22,689
| {{n/a}}
| (20,373)<ref>Membership '''at end of September 2006''', from an email sent to Branch committee members December 2006. So pre-renewals, i.e. roughly end of year 2005?</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| 19,206<ref>From annual report 2008 [https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/annual%20report%20and%20accounts%202008.pdf Annual Report 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071455/https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/annual%20report%20and%20accounts%202008.pdf |date=30 November 2018 }}</ref>
| 18,490
| 17,634<ref>Membership numbers for 2008 & 2009 from the [https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/g.%20annual%20report%20and%20accounts%202009.pdf Annual Report 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804013300/https://archive.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/g.%20annual%20report%20and%20accounts%202009.pdf |date=4 August 2019 }}</ref>
| 17,192
| 15,705
| 14,555
| 13,974
| 13,567
| 13,163
| 12,632
| 11,868
|9,793
|9,337
|9,749
|8,758
|}

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.

==CILIP in Scotland==
{{Infobox institute
| name = CILIPS
| image = CILIPS_logo.png
| alt = CILIPS logo introduced in 2017
| established = {{start date and age|1908|paren=yes}}
| president = Martina McChrystal
| head_label = Head
| head = Sean McNamara
| staff = 2<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| budget = £22,000
| num_members = 1,200 (as of 2019)
| website = {{URL|http://www.cilips.org.uk/}}
| location = Glasgow, United Kingdom
}}
The '''Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland''' (CILIP in Scotland, or CILIPS) is a [[charitable incorporated organisation]] affiliated to CILIP.<ref>{{Scottish charity|SC038532}}</ref> All CILIP members working or living in Scotland are automatically members of CILIPS.<ref>CILIPS, [http://www.cilips.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Rulesandregsapprovedagm2016.pdf Rules and Regulations], section 9 (2016)</ref> Policy, finances, operational matters and advocacy are devolved to CILIPS Trustee Board and staff and CILIP services are delivered via a [[service level agreement]].<ref name=sla>{{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}}</ref> CILIPS works with the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC), the advisory body for the [[Scottish Executive|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cilips.org.uk/about/|title=About|first=Habanero|last=Digital|website=CILIPS}}</ref> When CILIP was established in 2002, the Scottish Library Association voted to change its name to CILIPS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cilips.org.uk/about/our-history/|title=Timeline|first=Habanero|last=Digital|website=CILIPS}}</ref> CILIPS published a professional journal, ''Information Scotland'' ({{ISSN|1479-8441}}), between 2003 and 2009, which subsequently became a newsletter. 
{{clear}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Munford, W. A. ''A History of The Library Association, 1877-1977'' (London: The Library Association, 1976)

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{official website|https://www.cilip.org.uk/|CILIP}}
*{{official website|https://www.cilips.org.uk/|CILIP in Scotland}}
*[https://archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CILIP CILIP Archive] at [[University College London]]

{{Portal bar |United Kingdom}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:Education in the London Borough of Camden]]
[[Category:Library associations in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Library-related professional associations]]
[[Category:Organisations based in the London Borough of Camden]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2002]]
[[Category:Professional associations based in the United Kingdom|Library and Information Professionals]]
[[Category:2002 establishments in the United Kingdom]]