CILIP Framework of Qualifications Certification

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CILIP Framework of Qualifications Certification

• Margaret Chapman
• CILIP Qualifications Development Officer

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The Framework of Qualifications

• Introduced in April 2005
• Builds on long-standing qualifications of
  Chartership and Fellowship
• Two new qualifications
• Certification
• Revalidation
• Emphasis on continuing personal and professional
  development
• Increases access to professional qualifications

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Certification

• Aimed at para-professionals with
• experience in library and information work
• skills/knowledge gained through work-based
  training and other staff development
• Successful candidates can
• use the post-nominal of ACLIP
• consider progressing to Chartership

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Certification - requirements

• Applicants must be Affiliated Members of CILIP
• Category 1 applicants will have been working in
  library information work for 5 years (fte)
• Category 2 applicants will have been working in
  library information work for 2 years (fte) and
  will have participated in work-based training or
  other staff development

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Certification assessment criteria

• All candidates must demonstrate
• an ability to evaluate personal performance and
  service performance
• an understanding of the importance of Continuing
  Professional Development
• an appreciation of the role and contribution of
  library information services in the wider
  community
• Also

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Certification assessment criteria

• Category 1 candidates will be expected to
  demonstrate an appreciation of their personal
  technical and professional skills developed
  through practice
• Category 2 candidates will be expected to
  demonstrate an ability to evaluate training and
  development activities and to demonstrate a
  growing awareness of the relationship between
  theory and practice

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How to get started

• Join CILIP
• Look at the regulations on the CILIP website
  and in the printed handbooks
• Download the templates from the website and start
  to complete them
• Register for the qualification
• Find a mentor (formal or informal)
• Join the lis-cilip-aclip e-discussion list

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What is required?

• Submission is by portfolio
• Need to reflect on CPD
• what have I done?
• what did I learn?
• how did I apply the learning?
• what benefits were there to the service/to myself?

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What should be in the portfolio?

• Application form
• Curriculum Vitae
• Personal Statement (4 x A4 sheets, including
  summary of 500 words) reflecting on personal
  professional development
• Personal Development Plan (1x A4) indicating
  areas for further development
• Supporting letter (normally written by Chartered
  Member of CILIP) giving achievements and
  indication of potential for agreed future
  development
• Relevant evidence, e.g. certificates of training,
  copies of staff appraisal, staff
  development/training record

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What happens next?

• Applications are assessed by the CILIP Assessment
  Panel
• Successful applicants
• are given advice on proceeding to Chartership
• receive a certificate and can use ACLIP
• Unsuccessful applicants are given thorough
  feedback and advice on resubmitting

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For further information

• go to
• www.cilip.org.uk/qualificationschartership
• or contact
• Qualifications Professional Development
  Department
• CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
• Tel [phone]
• Email quals_at_cilip.org.uk