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Changing Lives is CILIP’s commitment to proactively advocate for and promote inclusive, participatory and socially-engaged library, knowledge and information services.
We are living in a time of great change, disruption and opportunity. As a mission-based organisation, we want CILIP to be a champion and agent of positive change for our profession. We are seeking to demonstrate our commitment to equality,
diversity and inclusion in all the work we do, to ensure we are representing our professional community, serving the diverse needs of our members and creating equal opportunities for participation in our work.
Our 2019 Position Paper was an important declaration of our commitments which we are putting into action in several areas through a comprehensive programme of work. Our aim is to ensure that as an organisation and as a community, we are living
our ethics and representing the values that define our profession.
CILIP’s Commitment
Position Paper
Read CILIP’s Libraries, Knowledge and Information Change Lives Position Paper (2019)
A forum for librarians, information and knowledge professionals from ethnically diverse backgrounds to share experiences, support each other and network.
A community where library, knowledge and information workers with experience of disability (including neurodiversity and mental health) can ask questions, share information and network.
Providing guidance on LGBTQ+ issues, support, and a safe space for library, information and knowledge workers who identify as LGBTQ+ to share knowledge and experiences.
Discover an introductory selection of books to educate and inspire on topics from anti-racism, LGBTQ+ and disability to mental health and climate change.