Although what Kayla Tomlinson says of chartership is of course true, I think
that it also needs to be born in mind that those who aren't chartered
shouldn't be looked down upon for not having done so - just because someone
is chartered it doesn't mean they're better than an otherwise equally
qualified candidate. I have recently completed my chartership report and am
awaiting the results. Though it will be recognised by my employees I don't
think that the chartered status receives the same recognition within
corporate libraries, or 'special' libraries as perhaps it does within public
and academic libraries.
When I completed my MSc a few years ago, I saw a number of my peers go into
public libraries as I came into the legal world. They were actively
encouraged to charter, and to not do so would, in fact, be detrimental to
their career progression. From my own position there wasn't the same
urgency or need about it. I have done it, personally, for my own sense of
achievement, but I don't think that it is an actively sought-after
qualification within the legal information world.
I am not endorsing this current situation as a good thing! Merely pointing
out that chartership is not the be-all and end-all at this time, and is not
considered, in many sectors, to be all that important. And I do not think
that being chartered (fingers crossed!) will make me any more qualified than
my colleagues who choose not to go through that process...
Hopefully the review of the chartership procedure will look into making
changes which will affect the current perceptions and trends.
Final note - I vaguely recall some previous discussion (perhaps on the
chartership email group) about previous members of the LA being 'made up'
into chartered members because of their length of service (rather than any
further progression they had done themselves)....or am I remembering this
completely wrong and setting off unintentional fireworks?!
Ruth
(The opinions expressed above are my own and in no way reflect those of my
employers)
Ruth Neilson
Senior Information Officer
Norton Rose
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tomlinson, KS (Kayla) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 August 2002 14:00
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CILIP Draft Corporate Plan
I think that we all need to remember that to obtain Chartership is not the
same as educational qualifications. In order to obtain Chartered status
(MCLIP) we have to do quite an amount of work and effort to bring ourselves
up to a higher professional status. Chartership must be earned above and
beyond educational and on the job training. The fact that our professional
organization promotes Chartership by telling employers that Chartered
members are "professional qualified applicants" is a very good thing.
Kayla Tomlinson, BA, MLS, MCLIP
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Kayla Tomlinson
Acquisitions Librarian
CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Chilton
Didcot, Oxon. OX11 0QX
tel. 01235 445941
fax. 01235 446403
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