I appreciate the discussions to date - this list gives me the encouragement
to get on and charter, 20 years after getting my postgraduate diploma.  (Can
anyone top this shameful admission?).  I didn't bother to charter beyond
getting my licentiate in 1984 (a qualification that was soon abandoned for
the current system) because I had no trouble getting jobs without it, and I
had some of the reservations about the profession that seem to be being
expressed here (it was the 80s after all, and all my peers were becoming
accountants and management consultants).  I want to charter now because I
feel it would express what I now know to be the importance of the skills I
bring to my job and underline the seriousness I now hold it in.  I regret
the wilfulness with which I abandoned my first steps towards chartering, I
would like to move on and also to be able formally to help those wishing to
charter instead of just providing my staff with informal aid and training
and handing them over to colleagues in our network.  I've taken other
qualifications in the intervening years, but perhaps this year I can finally
get this one!
(I feel now like I've just attended my first AA meeting with these
admissions...).
Sarah
Sarah Old



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> From:         Macrae-Gibson,R[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         15 January 2004 10:07
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      message from the other list owner
>
> Dear All,
>
> As you will have seen from Lesha's email, we have decided to remove
> Emilice from the list. Please do not let one person put you off from
> chartering.
> Most discussions on this list have been constructive, it is designed as a
> list to support those trying to charter, after all.
> In fact the list is itself a good example of problem solving as it grew
> out of staff room discussions between myself and Lesha bemoaning the fact
> that we had no route A programme and how we could help ourselves to some
> extra support. So instead of sitting back and complaining that noone was
> helping us (and they weren't likely to if we moaned all the time, were
> they?) we did something about it, and in the process we both gained
> valuable material for our pdrs when we did charter.
>
> Did I charter because my job description required it, or because I thought
> I'd get more money? No. I chartered more for the sense of personal
> achievment and to validate all the work I had done & professional
> activities I had been involved with, but I also wanted to put myself in
> the best position I could in the job market. Even if the advert does not
> ask for a chartered librarian, being chartered, or being actively involved
> in working towards chartership could give you the edge over other
> candidates. I really wish that I hadn't taken so long to get around to
> chartering (qualified in 1992, chartered in 2000) as I'd be able to
> supervise candidates now, rather than waiting til 2005
>
> With revalidation around the corner, chartership is more important than
> ever, and we all have a chance to influence CILIP's thinking on this by
> responding to the Framework of Qualification document. If you don't fancy
> using your CILIP prepay envelope, then get your comments in online
> http://www.cilip.org.uk/qualifications/framework.html
>
> This makes me sound like a mouthpiece for CILIP! I'm not, but like Lesha,
> I really welcome revalidation and it's great to have the chance to
> influence a scheme that I will be following in the next few years. Again
> it will give me a chance to show what I have been doing post chartering,
> all the things I may have learnt or developed at work, as well as all
> those things I've learnt via professional activities.
>
> There is nothing wrong with being critical or having the odd moan now and
> again. Lesha & I won't delete you just for making the odd less than
> stellar comment. Neither of us are rubber stampers just accepting the
> norm.
> Also please don't worry about repeating topics that may have been
> previously discussed. All topics about chartership are welcome, including
> discussions of professional issues as well as 'technical' questions about
> pdr & portfolio requirements. Flareups on this list are rare, and the main
> source of the problem has now been removed, so do use the list & enjoy.
>
> Rowena
>
> PS apologies if I am sometimes slow to respond to a thread. I'm currenlty
> having problems receiving jiscmail, so I'm checking the archives regularly
> to keep up!
>
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