CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers.

CILIP forms a community of around 36,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom approximately 21,000 are CILIP members and about 15,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises.

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CILIP Council
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Winners announced: the 2009 CILIP Carnegie Medal was posthumously awarded to Siobhan Dowd for Bog Child and the 2009 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal was awarded to Catherine Rayner for Harris finds his Feet.
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