Presentation by CILIP CEO Nick Poole on the new CILIP Action Plan 2016-2020 and what it means for library and information professionals working in Schools

1. CILIP Action Plan 2016-2020:
Securing the future of the library &
information profession
CILIP School Libraries Group
23.04.2016

2. Transforming CILIP...
From... To...
Inward > Outward
Strategy > Action
Ideas > Impact
Process > Delivery
Centrist > Networked
Slow > Agile
In-fighting > Influence
“Professional = a qualification” > “Professional = an attitude”

3. Our scope (12,500 members, UK-wide...)
Consulting/independent information professionals Public
Further Education/Colleges Research
Government and Armed Forces School
Health Care Social Care
Higher Education Special Collections
Law Industry (Extraction)*
Museums, Archives, Galleries & Heritage Industry (Manufacturing)**
National Libraries Industry (Commercial Services)***
Not-for-profit/3rd sector/Charity Not working****
Prison 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

4. Librarians everywhere deliver value for their users in ways that are uniquely
tailored to those users’ needs.
Where this value is acknowledged and supported, we should reinforce and
celebrate the people involved.
Where this value is at risk – whether through ignorance, antipathy, inertia or
economic pressure – we should organise ourselves to challenge & change the
situation using a combination of argument, evidence, regulation & influence.
We should also acknowledge that we need to keep moving – keep adapting to
the changing needs of the communities and companies we serve & ensure that
we are positive and proactive in supporting them.
That’s the purpose of this Action Plan.

5. CILIP’s charitable purpose (as defined by our Royal Charter)
“To work for the benefit of the public to promote education
and knowledge through the establishment and development
of libraries and information services and to advance
information science (being the science and practice of the
collection, collation, evaluation and organised dissemination
of information).”

6. Royal
Charter
2020 Goal
Put information &
library skills at the
heart of an equal,
democratic &
prosperous society
Strategy overview
Metrics &
KPI

7. Royal
Charter
2020 Goal
Information & library
skills at the heart of
an equal, democratic
& prosperous society
Priorities
Member
Services
Workforce
Standards &
Innovation
Advocacy
Governance
& resources
Workforce
Advocacy
Strategy overview
Metrics &
KPI

8. Royal
Charter
2020 Goal
Information & library
skills at the heart of
an equal, democratic
& prosperous society
Priorities
Member
Services
Workforce
Standards &
Innovation
Advocacy
Governance
& resources
Enablers
Diversity
&
Equality
Digital
by
default
Partner-
ship
Healthy
culture
Open
business
Listening &
learning
Workforce
Advocacy
Strategy overview
Metrics &
KPI

9. Home
School
College
Work
Leisure
A lifetime of using libraries (& all of the benefits that
provides) begins with your reading experiences at
home, at school & in public libraries
Securing universal access to quality school
library services is an essential first-step in
developing a society of library users &
advocates

10. Advocating for School Libraries
• We are all CILIP – harnessing staff capacity & skills to SLG expertise & insight
• We are not our audience
• We like the right answer, they like the simple answer
• We like our words, they like their words
• We care about our needs, they care about their needs
• Hearts & minds won’t win – tactics, facts & opportunism will
• No ‘big victories’ – lots of small ones
• Means, motive, opportunity – who can help us, how can they help us, why
should they help us, what is their opportunity to help us?

11. Library & Information
Professional
Delivery partner Senior stakeholder/manager
Someone who benefits
Value/impact
Political stakeholder
CILIP Campaigns to 2020

12. Children
Value/impact
DfE and related (OFSTED)
Schools & school
libraries
Library & Information
Professional
Teachers Head Teachers

13. Children
Value/impact
DfE and related (OFSTED)
Schools & school
libraries
Library & Information
Professional
Teachers Head Teachers
Recognition
Evidence
InfluenceVisibility
Advocacy
Lobbying
Understanding

14. Value/impact
Department for Education
Library & Information
Professional
Academic/teaching staff College Boards & Principals
Students
Further & Higher
Education

15. Value/impact
BIS & Treasury
Library & Information
Professional
Sales & customer service teams Senior Managers/Directors
Customers
Business

16. Value/impact
National Government
Library & Information
Professional
Local delivery partners Local Government
Communities/Public
Libraries
Everyone!

17. Library & Information
Professionals
Clinical staff NHS Senior Managers
Patients
Value/impact
Health
Department of Health

18. Library & Information
Professionals
Academic & Teaching staff Chancellors & Provosts
Students
Value/impact
Higher Education
Business, Innovation & Skills

19. Library & Information
Professionals
Lawyers Partners
Clients
Value/impact
Law
Business, Innovation & Skills

20. Library & Information
Professionals
Curators Directors
Visitors
Value/impact
Cultural Heritage
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

21. Library & Information
Professionals
Delivery partners Prison Service Directors
Prisoners
Value/impact
Prisons
Ministry of Justice

22. Children
General Election
Campaign 2020
Adults Customers Visitors Students Businesses Communities
Skilled & qualified librarians & information professionals
Evidenced social, cultural, economic, educational & creative value
Political credibility and influence (based on positive relationships)
A clear, agenda-friendly offer & ask of Government

23. Advocating for School Libraries
• We want to work with SLG over the next 4 years to create, deliver and
promote an effective ongoing campaign around school libraries
• We need your knowledge & overview to understand what winning looks like
across the school library sector
• Recognising that the school/school library community is incredibly diverse &
many different ways of achieving ‘excellence’
• Can we work with you to define tactics and deliver action to achieve this
outcome?

24. Great school
libraries?
Resources in all
media
Effective
staffing
Partnership
with planning
& teaching
Personalisation

25. Thankyou!
www.cilip.org.uk/strategy2020
@NickPoole1
@CILIPinfo