Chartership

About Chartership

Chartered Membership is a professional qualification awarded by CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) for library and information professionals. For more information, visit the CILIP web page on Chartered Membership.

Requirements

Full details about the registration requirements for undertaking the qualification are available on the CILIP web page Chartership forms and supporting documents 2005.

The Chartered Membership Handbook produced by CILIP provides detailed information about the qualification including the registration process, the criteria of assessment and guidelines on preparation through to assessment. 

The Chartership Handbook is available here. (Portable Document File / PDF)

Support from the WMLSDU

The West Midlands Library Services Development Unit has produced a planning framework designed to support library staff planning and working towards chartership status. The framework is a supporting tool to help plan your personal development programme for the qualification. It identifies relevant areas of skills and knowledge to health libraries and can be used as a starting point in identifying which aspects of library work you need to focus on in your Personal Professional Development Plan (PPDP). 

Planning framework for candidates planning and working towards chartered status with CILIP. March 2005.

Contact

For more information about the qualification, contact Clare Shemilt at Clare.Shemilt@bbcha.nhs.uk.