Online discussion forum for CILIP issues
News 19/07/02
CILIP is delighted to announce the launch of a new email discussion list dedicated to discussion of issues that concern Members of CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The list - LIS-CILIP - is now up and running, ready to accept members.
Welcoming this new development, CILIP's Chief Executive Bob McKee said "The new list will be an important two-way communication channel for CILIP and all its Members, wherever they are based. It will also help forge strong links between Members, which is crucial to the development of our new Institute."
"The establishment of LIS-CILIP is one of the first steps towards achieving CILIP's vision of an inclusive e-community Institute, fit to serve the needs of library and information professionals in the 21st century," he added.
CILIP is grateful for the commitment of Ian Johnson of Robert Gordon's University in Aberdeen to setting up LIS-CILIP. Ian will continue to manage LIS-CILIP on the Institute's behalf.
Contact:
Tim Owen, Head of External Relations.
Tel: 020 7255 0652.
Email: tim.owen@cilip.org.uk
How to subscribe to LIS-CILIP
- Send an e-mail to: jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk
- Leave the subject line empty
- In the message box, enter: join LIS-CILIP [and then your] firstname lastname
- You will receive an initial message to which you must respond to confirm membership of the list.
Notes to Editors
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with around 23,000 members working in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government departments and agencies, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries.
CILIP's goals are to: position the profession at the heart of the information revolution; develop and enhance the role and skills of all its Members; present and champion those skills, together with new ones which will be acquired through continuing professional development; and ensure that individuals, enterprises and not for profit organisations have ready and timely access to the information they need.