Dear all

The CILIP Policy Forum comprises representatives 
of all the CILIP home nations, branches and 
special interest groups.  It is concerned with 
looking at the areas of policy concern raised for 
CILIP from the spheres of interest of the home 
nations, branches and groups, from initiatives or 
developments arising across the UK in libraries, 
government agenda etc, and from areas of concern 
identified within CILIP Council.  The Policy 
Forum, broadly speaking, uses a series of task 
and finish groups to work on identified issues 
and to present draft policy to the Forum for 
debate and decision - which is then recommended to Council.

The Policy Forum is seeking to elect a deputy to 
the Chair of the forum.  Two policy forum members 
have come forward and so there is to be a 
vote.  As your representative on PF, I need to 
cast the vote for ELG by Wednesday 10th June.

The two candidates are Monica Anderton and Peter 
Beauchamp.  I would be grateful - if you have any 
strong views on this - if you would let me know 
your preference so that my vote on your behalf 
can be as representative as possible of ELG preference.

Please see the statements by Peter and Monica, below.

Thanks

Lucy Gildersleeves


PETER BEAUCHAMP

I am putting myself forward to be Deputy Chair of the Forum.
After 25 years in Government when I tried to help 
CILIP (and the then Library Association) behind 
the scenes but could rarely be seen to do so 
publicly, I served on the old Council for 3 years 
and was Vice-chair of the Policy Development 
Committee. I recall arguing in Council against 
the proposed structure of the Policy Forum in 
that we appeared to be transferring many of the 
problems of the old Council to it. Sadly, this has proved the case.
Before tackling these problems, it seems to me that
§        some continuity in the leadership of the 
Policy Forum would be helpful, especially to the 
Vice President who only serves as Chair for one year; and,
§        anyway, the Chair needs some focussed 
support during the year in order to take forward the business of the day.
I am prepared to set aside time to help the Forum 
and my starting point is simple. We have an 
amazing pool of talent in the Policy Forum and we 
need to make better use of it.

Peter Beauchamp
PRESIDENT
CILIP IN LONDON
May 2009


MONICA ANDERTON

I am Monica Anderton from NECILIP and I currently 
represent the North East on the Policy Forum. Up 
to the time CILIP Council was reconstituted I was 
the NECILIP Councillor. Going even further 
back  before CILIP was born I was actively 
involved with the Institute of Information 
Scientists and was a  member of the IIS Policy & 
Planning Committee for several years, so I have 
experience in this area. The Chair has asked for 
help behind the scenes to some extent and I’m 
good at that; it is usually preferable to public 
speaking - though I can do that when necessary. 
I’m not renowned for my diplomacy and tact and 
tend to be a bit blunt, but find this is usually 
effective. I am a good administrator and 
organiser. (Maybe I missed my calling and instead 
of being an Information Scientist – the emphasis 
on Science - should have been a PA!).   I am more 
than willing to put further hard work into the 
Institute because I think it has lost its way a 
bit, and if I can help to get it back on track, 
I’ll be very pleased.  I understand that we have 
no specific brief for this post, and that it 
could be for six months only until the end of 
this year, or could be for longer.

Monica Anderton
May 2009
L Gildersleeves
Lecturer
Department of Information Studies  (formerly 
known as School of Library,Archive & Information Studies)
University College London
Gower Street
LONDON WC1E 6BT

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