1. CILIP West Midlands
An introduction
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
2. Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Professionals (CILIP)
“Be the leading voice for information, library
and knowledge practitioners, working to
advocate strongly, provide unity through
shared values and develop skills and
excellence.”
CILIP Mission
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
3. CILIP West Midlands
“The role of the West Midland Branch of
CILIP is to raise the profile, represent its
members and enhance the expertise of
library and information workers in the
region.”
CILIP West Midlands website
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
4. 2011 Committee
Committee member Position
Roger Fairman Chair
Tom Ranahan Vice Chair
Margaret Rowley Treasurer
Christine Hughes Membership Secretary
Katharine Widdows Newsletter Editor
Mike Freeman International Relations Officer
Jo Alcock Marketing Officer
Andrea Adams Web Officer
Hettie Jones Committee member
Val Scott Committee member
Joanne Collett Affiliate member representative
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
5. Recent activities
• Open Access newsletter (3 issues a year)
• The Library Debate: What Are Libraries
For? (joint event with Birmingham Salon)
• 2011 Election Hustings (also livestreamed)
• 2011 Members' Day and AGM
• Quiz nights and informal networking
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
6. Upcoming activities
• Series of visits across region
• 2012 AGM and information sharing event
• Event on mobile technologies in libraries
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
7. Subscribe for updates
• Register on CILIP website in our region
(home or workplace) to receive monthly
ebulletins by email (members only)
• Follow us on Facebook
• Follow us on Twitter
• Subscribe to Issuu to be notified of new
issues of our newsletter
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future
8. Contact us
http://www.cilip.org.uk/wm
cilipwm@yahoo.com
http://www.facebook.com/cilipwm
@cilipwm
CILIP membership: an investment in your professional future