For UKeiG members who are also members of CILIP, here is the latest news
from CILIP Council. Note that there is a new Council Matters Blog at
http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/council/default.aspx and that
Council papers and minutes are available on
http://www.cilip.org.uk/aboutcilip/howcilipworks/council/meetings/mtgs2008/default.htm
or http://tinyurl.com/5pqy3c but you have to be a CILIP member to be
able to access them.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: CILIP Council briefing - April 2008
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:43:03 +0100
From: Lyndsay Rees-Jones <[log in to unmask]>
To: CILIP Branch (England) Chairs

Forwarded on behalf of CILIP Council. See also Council Matters
<http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/council/default.aspx> the new
CILIP Council blog.

The new Council met yesterday for the 4^th time, and it was agreed that
this briefing which appears on our blog and forum, should also be
forwarded directly to Groups and Branches. Here, as agreed, is a short
report on our current work. In due course, members will be able to read
the full Minutes on the CILIP website.

In my introductory blog post, I set out the dates for future meetings –
in June we are in Cardiff as guests of CILIP Cymru and it now looks as
if we may have second out-of-London meeting – we are trying to organise
the September meeting in Liverpool.

We had a very full agenda yesterday; what follows are notes on the most
important business covered.

     * Following earlier discussions, an International Task and Finish
       Group has been set up with 6 members.
     * Council has been aware of concern from Groups and Branches as to
       their access to members’ details and this issue was discussed
       sympathetically and at length in the light of the project already
       underway to improve the ICT infrastructure – CILIP has new
       Database and ICT Managers in post, and an ICT Project Board with
       agreed terms of reference has already met twice. (There is a short
       report by the Project Board in the /CILIP Update/ which members
       will receive this week.)
     * In previous years there has been preliminary (and unfinished) work
       to unify Branch and Group Rules, and the Governance Task Force and
       Implementation Group recognised that this would remain a
       requirement under the new governance. Council has now set up a
       small Task and Finish Group to work on this – ‘plain English’ and
       consistency are to be the key words.
     * A second Task and Finish Group has been set up to consider all of
       the issues surrounding future funding for Branches and Groups, to
       report back in July or September.
     * Work on a Corporate Communications Strategy is progressing and the
       May Council will receive a scoping document for discussion.
     * In previous Council meetings, the *Framework of Qualifications and
       Accreditation Review* (FoQA – see
       http://www.cilip.org.uk/qualificationschartership/foqareview.htm)
       was established with a Steering Group, which has now had two
       meetings and is liaising with the ICT Project Board as some of the
       FoQA requirements will have ramifications for ICT. A dissemination
       strategy for the Group’s report has been agreed.
     * The Encompass Initiative: Towards an Inclusive Profession –
       picking up on threads in the CILIP Corporate Plan – was presented
       and a pilot Positive Action Training Scheme for Public Libraries
       in England was approved unanimously by Council.
     * Colleagues will recall that under the new governance structure the
       Policy Forum is – as its name implies – the source of policy
       recommendations, and Council received, through the Forum’s Chair,
       CILIP Vice-President Peter Griffiths, recommendations following
       from their first meeting. Council was unanimous in adopting a
       Policy Statement on Libraries and Learning; and in approving an
       Action Plan to Support Learning and work to establish an
       appropriate evidence base.
     * Councillors have been concerned that they should receive
       appropriate training as Trustees of CILIP and work has begun to
       develop a programme of training for this and future Councils.
     * Finally, Council reviewed and approved ongoing work being
       undertaken in the area of professionalism in the profession.

This is a necessarily brief overview of the main points discussed
yesterday. I hope colleagues find it useful.

Chris Armstrong
National Councillor (CILIP)
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