CILIP CONFERENCE BUSARY

CILIP North East are delighted to announce that we are sponsoring one bursary place with two nights accommodation (11^th & 12^th July) and travel at CILIP Conference 2023. This bursary place is designed to offer a CILIP member who is currently studying / new to the profession and/or without the financial means to cover the ticket – an opportunity to attend the conference and benefit from career professional development and networking opportunities.

The programme of CILIP Conference 2023 is designed to upskill, connect and develop established, emerging and aspiring leaders to move the needle of pressing issues within the sector and support their next career move.

 It is CILIP North East’s aim that this bursary place will support an aspiring or emerging leader in our profession to develop their career and empower them to take their next step into leadership. We are particularly interested in hearing from people who have never been to the CILIP Conference before, and who wouldn’t ordinarily be able to go.

About CILIP Conference

CILIP Conference 2023

12 – 13 July

Hilton Birmingham Metropole

CILIP Conference is the UK’s leading event for the library, information and knowledge community. Taking place over two days in Birmingham, this year’s conference is focused on the theme of Leadership and will bring together established, emerging and aspiring leaders to discuss and explore ‘top of mind’ challenges and opportunities in the sector, including:

• Leading inclusive library, information and knowledge services
• Building representative collections
• Attracting, retaining and developing talent
• Promoting organisational resilience
• Focusing on Wellbeing
• Digital Leadership

As well as informing delegates of the sector’s latest developments, CILIP Conference will help attendees to move the needle on pressing issues within their organisation and aim to support a generation of emerging and aspiring leaders as they progress through the sector.

More information: https://cilipconference.org.uk/

Location & Travel: https://cilipconference.org.uk/location/

Bursary Criteria

Bursaries are offered to CILIP members who are based in the North East of England and who fall into at least one of the below categories:

• Students
• Those new to the profession (having joined the profession in the last 1-5 years)
• With earnings below £23,000 per annum
• Or who are unwaged

Successful bursary recipients are expected to produce a written report of their time at the  conference (circa 1,200 words), with permissions for the Member Network

and CILIP teams to publish in print and/or online. The deadline for receipt of reports is 14 August 2023.

Bursary recipients are also encouraged to document their time at the conference via Twitter to support CILIP NE members who cannot attend. This can be done after the sessions or during the evenings if preferred. 

To Apply

Please complete the application form no later than Thursday 11^th May.

Beyond the Horizon - Programme and Speakers

 Monday 22nd May 2023, 1pm - 4pm

Join us online for our 2023 Conference where information professionals in our region and beyond will share work they're doing that is 'Beyond the Horizon'. Our theme this year is wellbeing in an uncertain world.

You can also view the full programme with session abstracts (Coming soon)

13:00 - 13:10	Welcome by the Chair of the Conference, Dr Biddy Casselden from Northumbria University
13:10 - 13:35	Short paper "The library as a space for wellbeing: “a never failing spring in the desert" Frances Porritt, Academic Librarian and Hazel Wright, Wellbeing Services Co-ordinator, (Teesside University)
13:35 - 14:00	Short Paper  "Wellbeing Programme at Rosemary Murray Library” Kirstie Preest, Librarian, Tutor and Fellow (Murray Edwards College, Cambridge)
14:00 - 14:20	Lightning Talks “The Travelling Reading Chair!”  Abby Barker, Librarian (Barnsley College) "One Year of Reading for Wellbeing: what we have learned" Helen Lawrence, Community Reading Facilitator (Reading for Wellbeing project, Durham County Council)
14:20 - 14:35	Comfort Break
14:35 - 15:00	Short Paper “Wellbeing Collection Development: a shared resource" Eleanor Ann Lund, Library Management System Trainer (University of Exeter Library)
15:00 - 15:20	Lightning Talks “It’s never too late at 58 (to find your dream job) Jackie Dunn, Senior Outreach Assistant (Philip Robinson library, Newcastle University) "We all need a friend"   Hilary Hallas, Health & Wellbeing Manager (British Library)
15:20 - 15:45	Short Paper "Generative AI: meeting the challenges and embracing the opportunities for student learning" Emily Dott, Academic Liaison Librarian (Computing and Engineering) & Terry Charlton, Learning Enhancement and Technology Team Manager (Newcastle University)
15:45- 16:00	Conference Close by Dr Biddy Casselden

View the full programme with session abstracts (Coming soon)

Register for this event.

Registration will be open until Monday 15th May 2023.

This event is free to CILIP members. 

The registration fee for non-CILIP member sis £35 + VAT.

The conference will take place via Zoom and is open to all members of the profession or those interested in our profession,

For questions about this conference contact cilip.northeast@gmail.com

Attendee Review of Lightning Talks event

Following our recent AGM, CILIP North East held a series of lightning talks by members working in different sectors. The event was well  received and we got some really positive feedback. We're grateful to attendee Joanne Hunter, Learning Zone Manager at Greenbank High School who has shared her thoughts on the event:

I found all of the speakers at the lightening talks event so interesting and have been left inspired by all of their roles.

I'm very happy in my school librarian post but now Jackie and Joanne have got me wondering if a new challenge in NHS libraries is for me. I was struck by just how many patrons are served from nurses and doctors to canteen staff and patients and how varied and interesting each day must be.

Sean's account of his work as a volunteer in a volunteer led and run Public library sounded so worthwhile. How lucky are the community to have him and the rest of the team providing their own time to provide a much needed resource.

I also listened with great interest to Paula as I too worked in academic libraries for many years. I can see how her skills as a systems librarian are so transferable to this role and I have no doubt that she was made for it but it was also so lovely and encouraging to hear how she admitted to being out of her comfort zone sometimes but had overcome those fears and it actually hadn't been so bad at all.

What an amazing place the kittiwake Trust multi lingual library must be. To be able to serve so many people from so many communities is nothing short of amazing. I was struck firstly by how much of a task it must be to run but also that despite the set backs you could just tell how much Amina cared.

Lastly, but by no means least I really enjoyed Jennifer's account of her role at The Common Room. It was very informative but also very amusing, I found myself giggling when she spoke of trying to remember all of the volunteers names, plus their grandchildren! I could hear in Jennifer's voice how much she enjoyed her job and it does sound wonderful. 

Thank you for the opportunity to join in with the event. I'd encourage anyone to look out for more like it. It was so well organised and one and a half hours really well spent.

Joanne Hunter 

Learning Zone Manager

Greenbank High School 

CILIP Professional Registration: what’s in it for you?

Our members work at a variety of levels and across a wide range of library and information sectors. The opportunity that all members have in common is the opportunity to participate in Professional Registration. What does it involve? And why should you consider it? 

The headlines

Through Professional Registration, you can:

• Acquire and develop new skills, knowledge, and experience

• Strengthen your CV and employment opportunities

• Demonstrate your value

Am I ready for it?

Whatever stage you are at in your career, there is a level of Professional Registration that’s right for you! If you’re just starting out, want to build core competencies, and want to gain confidence in the work you do, choose Certification. If you’ve been working in the profession for a few years and can reflect on and evaluate your performance in the context of your organisation, then Chartership could be for you. Fellowship is available to those who contribute to work across their sector, have substantial achievements in professional practice and can demonstrate significant impact.

Whichever level of Professional Registration is right for you, you can work flexibly to build your portfolio and can choose to have the support of a mentor. Additionally, there is a network of Professional Registration Support Officers (PRSOs) who can advise you on the process of applying.

How do I get started?

CILIP members pay an enrolment fee and will automatically be added to a Professional Registration Candidates Group. You will have access to a list of CILIP mentors, videos and other online support materials, and can participate in a range of webinars delivered by PRSOs, such as Getting Started with Professional Registration and Reflective Writing. 

Your next steps will be guided by the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB). This is a tool that helps you map your skills against core competencies. You will choose to rate yourself against 12 – 15 PKSB areas which will, in turn, help you identify appropriate professional development activities. 

Assessment criteria

There are three assessment criteria, and you will need to assemble evidence that you meet all three equally. They address your personal performance; the organisational context of your work; and your engagement with the wider profession.

You will also need to include an evaluative statement, which allows you to tell the story of your professional development and Professional Registration journey.

Professional recognition

Once you’ve successfully undertaken Professional Registration, you will have demonstrated your commitment to improving your professional knowledge. Your CILIP membership will be upgraded as appropriate and you will be entitled to use post-nominals (ACLIP, MCLIP or FCLIP depending on the level).

If you choose to, you can then go on to Revalidate by completing 20 hours of CPD activities. Revalidation is free and shows you’re keeping in touch with the profession.

Find out more

What are you waiting for? Professional Registration is an investment in yourself. It’s about making time to develop yourself, getting formal recognition for what you’ve achieved in the workplace, and about considering your longer-term professional pathway. Find out more about Professional Registration: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/ProfessionalRegistration. 

Melanie Wood (CILIP mentor and PRSO for CILIP NE)

Call for Participation - CILIP North East Virtual Conference

Call for Participation

Beyond the Horizon - Wellbeing in an uncertain world

CILIP North East Virtual Conference 

Monday 22nd May 2023 1:00 - 4:30pm

Come and tell us how you and your institutions are coping.

This annual event aims to showcase work and issues from across the library, information and knowledge professions. We hope it will inspire attendees with new ideas, share knowledge and good practice or just things you’re experimenting and developing. 

This year, as we face a variety of challenges, we want to showcase projects/initiatives or stories of how you and your institutions are trying to put wellbeing front and centre - be it personal, or for the community you serve. However please note that papers and talks on all topics will be considered - we very much want to hear about anything you feel would be enlightening or interesting for participants. In addition, we welcome thoughts and papers from across the spectrum of libraries

You may be involved with a new project, a different way of doing something or feel you’re already doing something great and think others would benefit from knowing about it. This is your opportunity to share something you’re excited about with other professionals. You could talk about something completed, as well as work in progress. 

We would particularly encourage those who are looking to present for the first time, and those who belong to under-represented groups and communities, including but not limited to BAME, LGBTQIA+, those with disabilities, and those who are neurodivergent.

The conference will take place online via Zoom.

 It is free to CILIP members and £35 for non-members. 

Sessions

There will be two types of session for the conference:

a) Short papers

There will be 5 slots available for 20 minute talks, inclusive of Q&A opportunity.

b) Lightning talks 

There will be 6 slots available for 5 minute talks, so we are looking for short and snappy! If you’d like to present and haven’t done so before, or just want to introduce something briefly, then this is perfect for you.

Proposals

To register your interest as a speaker, please complete this form https://tinyurl.com/CILIPNE-BTH2023

Deadlines

Friday 31st March 5pm: Deadline for all talk submissions

Friday 14th April:  Notification of acceptance: Successful proposers will be informed by email

Details about how to book to attend the conference will be available soon.

If you have any queries, please email cilip.northeast@gmail.com 

Meet the CILIP NE RMN committee: Jackie McGuire

What is your role on the committee? 

I'm an Ordinary Member on the committee so my main role is to attend meetings, support events and act as a link between north east CILIP and health libraries in the north. I joined the committee about 6 years ago after another librarian from the health sector retired and I felt that this was a gap that needed to be filled. As well as being able to make that connection and share what is going on, I personally get a lot out of meeting with people working in different sectors and the CPD offered. 

What is your day job?

I'm the Library & Knowledge Services Lead for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust where I have worked for over 20 years. There are 4 libraries at the main hospital sites in North Shields, Cramlington, Ashington and Hexham with a fifth opening in 2023. We provide educational and health/medical resources to all Trust staff and students on placement and services such as training, current awareness and literature searching. We also manage the Trust clinical guidelines service and work closely with education and health and well-being teams, encouraging everyone to read and have developed extensive collections of fiction and non-fiction books to support this and are definitely far more than the “Drs library” that we were when I first started working here. 

What are your other interests? 

I used to like to travel but have become a bit more of a home bird, partly as I get older and I think also because of the last few years. I love watching sporting events and I like to swim and walk (although having a dog with very short legs limits the distance at times). I recently bought a “holiday home” (actually a static caravan but never referred to in those terms by park staff!) in Northumberland. Despite also living in Northumberland, this is the excuse to go somewhere that is next to the beach away from everything and take the time to read, knit and crochet without normal interreferences of daily life!

Meet the CILIP NE RMN committee: Leanne Young

We wanted to introduce our committee members and enable them to share their experience of being a part of the North East Regional Member Network. Inspired by the CILIP Information Literacy Group we'll be asking our committee members some question. 

Thanks to the Information Literacy Group who have kindly let us re-use the questions they use on their blog.

Leanne Young

What is your role on the committee?

I'm currently the Digital Champion so my main role is editing the CILIP North East webpages and creating the event registration pages for our events. Until very recently I was also the Chair of the committee for almost two years.

I also contribute to ordinary committee member activities like organising and running events and contributing to social media.

When did you join and why?

I joined the committee in March 2019. I'd previously been a member of ARLG North East for quite a long time and after a few committee free years I decided to dive back in. As much as I like my job it doesn't often afford the development opportunities you get being on a committee - for example the range of skills you acquire when organising an a larger CPD event. 

What do you do in your role?

As Chair I did my best to make sure we were aligned with CILIP strategy, I chaired meetings, recruited committee members, wrote business plans and I hope) provided support to colleagues on the committee.

As Digital Champion my main role is updating our web pages and creating the event registration pages for our events. I support colleagues on the committee when they are using the system to manage events. In the absence of a Social Media Officer I've also been scheduling our social media posts - this includes creating graphics on Canva and writing tweets/Facebook posts. 

What is your day job?

I'm the Distance Services Librarian and Academic Liaison Librarian for Tourism at the University of Sunderland. I lead the library support for distance learners and liaise with faculty regarding supporting students, collection development, study skills and more. I teach information literacy skills in person an online to students all over the world.

What are your other interests?

I like travelling (obviously I haven't done a lot of that over the last couple of years although I am headed to New Jersey & New York this summer - hurray!) and I like hiking. I can often be found wandering around woods when I need to relax. I also like doing handstands, and I think I'm getting better at balancing but it's very slow going. I've been vegan for 14 years and was a vegetarian for 15 years before that so I'm passionate about animals and treating them all well - not just pets.