Sorry I don't understand why this is so confusing to the members so of this
forum.
In my mind CILIP is a professional bodies of librarians and library
information professionals, whereas the BCS is a body of information and
computing professionals.
What CILIP and BCS should in my opinion be doing is encouraging membership
of both organisations and working towards a better relationship.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Oppenheim [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 23 June 2003 08:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Should "CInf" be a computing qualification?


Yes, this is dangerously confusing.  CILIP should put in comments to Privy
Council if it is not too late to do so.

Charles

Professor Charles Oppenheim
Department of Information Science
Loughborough University
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Leonard Will" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:26 AM
Subject: Should "CInf" be a computing qualification?


> As a member of both the British Computer Society (BCS) and CILIP I was
> rather concerned to see that the BCS propose to introduce the
> designation "CInf" for their members. I have not seen an authoritative
> expansion of this title, but I assume that it stands for something like
> "Chartered Information [Systems] Professional" or "Chartered
> Informatician".
>
> This leads to a potential conflict with CILIP, which seems to have an
> equal claim to a chartered title based on the word "information",
> whether or not it chooses to use it. I would have thought that the
> distinguishing factor of the BCS is that they use computers, as
> reflected in their name, so that a title such as CComp or CComput would
> be more appropriate. I have raised these concerns in a BCS forum, but
> they have been dismissed rather lightly there.
>
> Has this issue been discussed officially within CILIP? Has CILIP made
> any comment to the Privy Council, which has to approve these titles?
> Does CILIP have any plans to introduce a chartered title of its own
> other than the rather cumbersome statement given in the following
> extract from its Web site:
>
>      "The achievement of Chartered Membership carries with it the right
>      to the postnominal letters MCLIP, Chartered Member of the Chartered
>      Institute of Library and Information Professionals."
>
> Leonard Will
> CEng CPhys MBCS MInstP MCLIP
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