Affiliate
Category of CILIP membership for administrative assistant, clerical or staff within libraries or information services
Archivist
Information professional whose role is to establish and maintain control of records/documents that are judged to have permanent value
Assistant librarian
Professional librarian with specific duties who reports to a Chief Librarian or Director of Information Services
Cataloguing
Describing documents according to an agreed set of bibliographic rules
Chartered librarian or information professional
An information professional who has:
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Successfully completed a CILIP approved qualification
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Undergone a rigorous personal and professional development programme after qualification
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Made a submission to CILIP, which demonstrates the development of their professional skills and competence, critical awareness, and a sense of maturity in practice
Classification
The process of both deciding on the subject content of an item and allocation of appropriate number or code from a classification scheme
Collection management
Selection, acquisition, management and exploitation of resources within a library or information service
Customer service
Activities in a library or information service which are focussed on the needs of users, clients or customers
Indexing
Scanning a document and devising suitable subject headings to express the concept in the text concisely
Information literacy
The ability to recognise the need for information and then be able to locate, evaluate and effectively use the information found
Information management
The systematic organisation of information and data for storage, retrieval and transfer to users
Information officer
Information professional responsible for the development and management of information resources and provision of information to clients
Information professional
Generic term for anyone suitably qualified (or in the process of qualifying) who works in any sector of the information domain
Information resources
Generic term for data, records, text, multimedia and information technolog
Information science
Scholarly study, research and theory devoted to evaluating the characteristics and processes of information systems, information retrieval, information-seeking behaviours and human-computer interface
Knowledge manager
Information professional who manages information-based collaboration among sections/units within an organisation
Librarian
Generic title used to describe professional librarians of all grades. Normally someone holding an educational qualification and/or professional qualification in library and information management. Other job titles may include Information Manager and Learning Resource Centre Manager
Library
A collection of information resources organised for the benefit of a specific user group or community
Metadata
Factual information used to aid the identification, description and location usually of networked electronic resources
Para-professional
Assistant, clerical or administrative staff within libraries or information services
Qualified library or information professional
An information professional who has successfully completed a CILIP approved qualification
Records manager
Manager of information within an organisation; someone concerned with the life cycle of records