Presentation to CityLis students on the future of the library and information profession

1. Securing the Future:
The library and information profession and where we
go from here
Nick Poole
CEO, CILIP
05/12/2016

3. We’re living in the early days of
a revolution in the ways in which
people use information and
technology in their daily lives.
In the next 20-30 years, every
person, every organisation and
business will need access to
library & information skills and
professional values to succeed.

4. A sector in transition...

5. We’re living through an era of great change. As a society, many of our political
and economic certainties have been disrupted. This disruption is ongoing. The
reason why it feels like we’re not on solid ground is because the change is still
underway. What worked 10 years ago isn’t going to work today.
Use
Time
Formats, contexts and behaviours change,
professional ethics, values, core purpose &
mission don’t

6. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture

7. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture

8. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture

9. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture

10. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture

11. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture
UNREGULATED

12. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture
UNREGULATED
SELF-REGULATED

13. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture
UNREGULATED
SELF-REGULATED
REGULATED

14. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture
UNREGULATED
SELF-REGULATED
REGULATED
In a self-regulated
sector, our
professional ETHICS
become the guiding
principles which lead
policy & practice

15. Law
Ethics
Standards
Qualifications
Practice
Culture
UNREGULATED
SELF-REGULATED
REGULATED
Maintaining,
promoting, evolving &
adapting this
framework is why we
have a professional
association

16. 59.4%
15.0%
5.5%
13.4%
6.7%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Libraries Archives Records Information
management
Knowledge
management
Mapping the library & information workforce
* Approx. 69,000 working in Libraries, Information & Knowledge Management

17. 12,500 members, UK-wide...
Consulting/independent information professionals Prison
Further Education/Colleges Public
Government and Armed Forces Research
Health Care School
Social Care Special Collections
Higher Education (including LIS teaching staff) Industry (Extraction)*
Law Industry (Manufacturing)**
Museums, Archives, Galleries and Heritage Industry (Commercial Services)***
National Libraries Not working****
Not for profit/3rd sector/Charity Other
* Any extraction industries, for example: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Mining, Quarrying
** Any Manufacturing industries, for example: Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Automotive
*** Any commercial service industries: Business, Finance, Communications, Hospitality, Retail
**** Unemployed/Retired/Full-time Student/Career Break

18. No longer defined by title
Information
Professionals
Additional roles
Allied professions
Information
Managers
Records
Managers
Information
Rights
Knowledge
Managers
Librarians
Information
Architects
Archivists
Data
Managers
Transparency
Information
Assurance
Information
Designers
Copyright
Specialists
Researchers
Analysts
Web
Managers
Information
Risk
Information
Technology
Project
Managers
Statisticians
Communications
Economists
Historians

19. The library & information
workforce is 79% female and
21% male*
But 47% of top earners are men
* Source: 2015 CILIP Workforce Mapping

20. 97% of the library and
information workforce self-
identify as white
(Compared to 88% in the overall
UK workforce)
* Source: 2015 CILIP Workforce Mapping

21. Approximately 45% of CILIP’s
current membership will reach
retirement age in the next 10
years
* Source: 2014 CILIP Membership Survey

23. The UK needs a strong, influential
library and information association
to promote the interests of
information users

24. Professional
Association
Chartered
Institute
Membership
organisation
Sector
development

25. We will secure recognition of and
support for the library, information
& knowledge management
workforce sector in public policy

26. We will raise public awareness of
and support for the value of
libraries and information for
communities, businesses and the
economy

27. We will put diversity and
equality at the heart of
everything we do

28. We will build a thriving workforce
for the future, attracting talent,
and encouraging the creation of
high-quality jobs

29. We will ensure that all decisions on
professional policy and practice are
evidence-based

30. CILIP’s goal for 2020 is to put library and information skills at the
heart of a democratic, equal and prosperous society

31. Developing your career as a librarian and information
professional...

32. Key characteristics...
‘Hire for attitude...’ Transferrable skills Leadership
Agent of change Educator Ethical

33. How can we help?
Interactive
PKSB
Professional
Networking
CV & interview
advice
Professional
Registration &
Qualifications
Careers advice and
support
Online content &
VLE

34. Interactive PKSB

35. CILIP Sectors SIG - Sector SIG – Cross cutting themes/specialisms
Other (Career
stage)
Armed forces
Government Information Group
CataloguingandIndexingGroup
Community,DiversityandEqualityGroup
InformationLiteracyGroup
InformationServicesGroup
InternationalLibraryandInformationGroup
LibraryandInformationHistoryGroup
LibraryandInformationResearchGroup
MultimediaInformationandTechnologyGroup
PublicityandPublicRelationsGroup
RareBooksandSpecialCollectionsGroup
UKeInformationGroup
RetiredMembersGuild
StudentCommittee
Government
Health Care
Health Libraries Group
Social Care
Commerce/Business
Commercial, Legal and Scientific
Information Group
Consulting/Independent
Information Professional
Industry/Science
Law
Not for Profit/Third Sector
Prison Prison Libraries Group
Museums, Archives and
Galleries
Local
Studies
Group
Public Library Public and
Mobile
Libraries
Group
Youth
Libraries
Group
School (Primary) School Libraries
GroupSchool (Secondary)
Further Education
Academic and
Research Libraries
Group
Higher Education
National Library
Research and LIS
Teaching/Research staff
Other Patent and Trademark Group
Professional networking...

36. Professional networking

37. Professional Registration
An internationally-recognised
demonstration of your
commitment to personal
development and the profession
• ACLIP
• MCLIP
• FCLIP

38. New Careers Hub on the VLE

39. There is a bright future for our profession (and your career) in
the heart of an Information Society
This future won’t just happen for us – we have to get out there
and make it happen.

40. The future of the profession is you. You decide how you want
to build on the legacy of 150 years of helping people to
discover knowledge & information to help themselves.

41. Thank you!
nick.poole@cilip.org.uk
@NickPoole1
@CILIPinfo