************************************** * lis-cilip-reg* ************************************** !!! PLEASE SAVE THIS MESSAGE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, IT CONTAINS VITAL INFORMATION !!! Welcome to lis-cilip-reg, a discussion list where qualified librarians and other information professionals working towards gaining their Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) chartered member status (MCLIP) can discuss issues of concern to the profession in general, and to the Chartering process in particular. As a Jiscmail list lis-cilip-reg is primarily for the benefit of the HE community, and it is expected that the bulk of members of this list will be librarians working within the HE community. However, librarians and information professionals in other sectors are welcome to join and contribute to discussions for the benefit of all. You may have just embarked upon a Route-A or Route-B programme with CILIP. You may be nearing completion of such a programme. You may have qualified some time ago and not got around to Chartering yet. You may work in a university library; a college library; a careers service; a company's information service; a school library; a public library; or elsewhere. You will, in any case, be aware that an essential part of your application for Chartered status is an awareness of issues of concern to the whole Library / Information profession. When you are absorbed in your own job, it is sometimes difficult to maintain awareness of the wider issues. That's where membership of this list might help. The list aims to provide a forum for discussion of the wider issues concerned with Library / Information work, (e.g. the implications of the Dearing Report, or the "New Library: The People's Network" report), and also for discussion of other issues of concern to the Library / Information professional aiming to Charter (e.g. what could go into a Portfolio? How do I discuss my future training needs?). CILIP is aware of, and supports, this discussion forum. Registration Liaison Officers (RLO's) from the Career Development Group may wish to join this list in order to provide information and answer any questions which are asked. However, do not let the possible presence of RLO's on the list dissuade you from asking questions to which you feel you perhaps SHOULD know the answer. If you aren't sure about something it's much better to find out the facts now, rather than make a vague reference to it in your PDR and be marked down because you've misunderstood the issue! In fact you'll probably find that if you ask such a question, you'll probably be helping lots of other Chartering candidates who've been reluctant to ask it! I hope you find the discussions that take place on the list stimulating and useful! However, please remember the following points of Discussion List Etiquette: - ensure that all contributions to the list are relevant to the purpose of the list. 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Either send a message to lis-cilip-reg-Request@jiscmail.ac.uk, or resubscribe ============Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at E:\listplex\SYSTEM\SCRIPTS\filearea.cgi line 455, line 243. ============================================================ The List Owners! ======================================================================== Lesha Fossey - I'm a librarian who qualified in 1994, but didn't Charter until November 2002! I'm in charge of Circulation Services at Exeter University Library. Rowena Macrae-Gibson - I'm a former colleague of Lesha's. I qualified in 1992, but I did not get around to chartering until 2000! I am now a Librarian at London School of Economics