CILIP offers its Seal of Recognition to bodies offering training and development. To see the organizations that have been awarded the Seal click here.
While some of the following courses are best suited to library assistants they may prove useful at any stage of your career and contribute towards the portfolios needed for CILIP's own professional awards: Certification , Chartership and Revalidation .
British Computer Society
European Computer Driving Licence
Tel: 01793 417530 email: qualifications@hq.bcs.org.uk web:www.bcs.org.uk/qualifications
CILIP
Certification is a portfolio based qualification recognizing learning, training and experience which also offers a route to Chartership. Tel: 020 7255 0610 email: quals@cilip.org.uk
CILIP Training and development
Short courses for all levels of library work including assistant roles.
Tel: 020 7255 0560 email: training@cilip.org.uk
Education Development International
EDI has developed two brand new qualifications for the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), in partnership with Lifelong Learning UK and key industry stakeholders. These are aimed at assistants working in libraries, archives and information services:
§ Level 2 Certificate in Libraries, Archives and Information Services (30 credits)
§ Level 3 Diploma in Libraries, Archives and Information Services (45 credits)
The qualifications have replaced the existing NVQs from 1 August 2010 and have been updated to reflect the diverse range of skills currently required of those operating in libraries, archives and information services settings.
The qualifications will be available to training providers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For more information please contact enquiries@ediplc.com, call 08707 202 909 or visit www.ediplc.com
Open University
TU120 Beyond Google: an online course that runs over 10 weeks.
0845 300 60 90
www.openuniversity.co.uk/tu120
general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Applications of ICT in libraries
www.ictl.org.uk/
For more details contact the SQA directly. Tel: 0845 279 1000 Fax: 0845 213 5000
email customer@sqa.org.uk web: www.sqa.org.uk