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I want to believe that CILIP is for all of us in the LIS Community. Annie Mauger was excellent on You and Yours. In standing for CILIP Council I wanted to promote the value of CILIP representing the combined and powerful value of the entire library and information community. The conversation is about those who benefit from imaginative outgoing services that tackle needs as well as demands in all settings and throughout life. There is a principle at stake of the library as a free and open place for learning and growth. Where school libraries have been threatened for a few years now, others are following. With apologies and respect to Martin Niemoller and the people he wrote for [and I hope I'm not breaking copyright!]: First they came for the school librarian and I did not speak out because I was not a school librarian. Then they came for the community librarian and I did not speak out because I was not a community librarian. Then they came for the college librarian and I did not speak out because I was not a college librarian. Then they came for the university librarian and I did not speak out because I was not a university librarian. Then they came for the business librarian and I did not speak out because I was not a business librarian. Then they came for the information scientist and I did not speak out because I was not an information scientist. Then they came for the LIS teacher and I did not speak out because I was not a LIS teacher. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. John Dolan OBE, BA, Dip Lib, MCLIP E. <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Tw. @johnrdolan T. 0121 476 4258 M. 07508 204200