Helena,
As Laura has pointed out this is covered in the New Framework of Qualifications.
Library Assistants will be able to 'charter', but this will be at a lower level of a certification scheme.
This is why the submission is shorter than the pdr/portfolio. LAs who complete the certification scheme
will receive the postnominals ACLIP. They will then have the opportunity to progress on towards chartership
if they wish, but it would not be a quick process.
CILIP are recognising Lib Asst experience, and taking into consideration current Lib Asst qualifications such as
City & Guilds, S/NVQ etc. I think this is a good thing and mirrors the traditional route to chartership:
LIS Degree + Charter =MCLIP
City & Guilds + certification scheme =ACLIP
This is *greatly* simplified (just take a look at the diagrams in the framework to see how it can get complicated)
but I really wouldn't say to people, 'oh we don't need to bother with a degree, just do the scheme', not least
because some employers would still ask for a degree.
Hope this helps. Good luck with your submission,
Rowena
|