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CILIP members have access to a wide-ranging portfolio of resources, opportunities, discounts and support to expand your knowledge and skills and develop your career. Explore the benefits of CILIP membership in more detail below. If you have
a question or can’t find what you’re looking for, let our membership team know.
Click on a tab below to see how CILIP membership benefits your career, professional development, community and even your wallet!
Your career support
CILIP Membership you to track and manage your time as you continue your professional development. Members get free and discounted access to journals, webinars and training events, and professional registration to showcase
excellence in your profession.
Use our interactive skills map, the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base to identify your strengths and pinpoint areas for development or use it for planning your career.
Our leading magazine Information Professional keeps you up to date with the latest developments and insights – look out for your copy in the post or catch up with the articles online.
CILIP was the route to understand the way people work. It gave me the perfect platform to evaluate myself, what I've been learning and what I need to do to move forward.
Fotis Mystakopoulos, Academic Metadata Assistant Chartered Member
Get the latest LIS thinking
Save £100s with free access to abstracts and full text journal articles covering a broad range of library and information topics. Access Sage and ProQuest journals from our website and explore the range of publications
from our Special Interest Groups.
In an increasingly competitive world it’s essential to stand out. Invest in your skills and demonstrate your competence through Certification, Chartership and Fellowship. Take your membership to the next level.
CILIP membership supports your professional growth and career journey by helping you make new connections, learn new skills and discover new opportunities in the CILIP community.
Your interests
Discover opportunities to learn, develop and network with our Special Interest Groups. Whatever part of the profession you’re interested in, there’s a Group waiting to help you.
I’m thrilled to be the recipient of the Aspire Award 2018, which has enabled me to attend this conference. Frequent chance is an inevitable part of any new professionals life, and it’s conferences like this that can carry us through, we can go forward feeling supported.
Hannah Smith
Support and Advocacy
CILIP supports the sector with a wide-range of projects and campaigns. Your membership ensures that we can keep doing this, and it gives you the chance to get involved. Part of your membership also gives you access to financial
support to help you thrive professionally.
CILIP Connect Toolkit
CILIP Connect Toolkit enables members to connect with their local and national government officials and ministers to raise the profile of libraries, and support sustainability in the sector. It includes a best practice
guide, template letters and a 'year in parliament' - a section to help you time your communications perfectly. Welsh version also available.
Discover practical information, resources and support to help you demonstrate your professional value with our impact toolkit. We’ve got tools to help you with everything from stakeholder management and analysing impact
through to advocating and influencing.
CILIP plays an important role advocating for information management and libraries nationally, and part of that process is being in touch with decision makers and with policy makers. ~It's really good to have a network of people who are involved in that kind of activity and talking to people regularly who are making policy.
David Haynes, Research Fellow City University CILIP Conference 2018
Free legal helpline
Our partners at Law Express are on hand to provide you with free confidential and practical legal advice.
CILIP Members receive 15 months for the price of 12 on British Library Membership which includes free access to exhibitions, and exclusive Members’ Room, priority booking and half price tickets for events.
Why would you recommend other people join CILIP? "It is an absolutely excellent professional support for me particularly working outside of the UK and I also thoroughly enjoy the networking opportunities and I think the resources online are absolutely excellent for going through fellowship.
Kirsty Crawford, Programme Director, Libraries Unlimited at British Council, CILIP Conference 2018
Become a member Today!
There's so much on offer at CILIP, from the professional networks we build, to the events, and specialised training. There's countless reasons to join CILIP - and its easy to do - Click the button below to join right now.
CILIP members have access to a wide-ranging collection of resources, opportunities, discounts and support to expand your knowledge and skills and develop your career.
Explore the benefits of CILIP membership in more detail below. If you have a question or can’t find what you’re looking for, let our membership team know.
Your career support
Continuing professional development at your own speed via online courses, Professional Registration and access to free sector-relevant journals
Develop your skills and professional knowledge
Access online courses through our eLearning resources and get support to develop your career on our Careers Hub.
Use our interactive skills map, the Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB) to identify your strengths and pinpoint areas for development or use it for planning your career.
Our leading magazine Information Professional keeps you up to date with the latest developments and insights – look out for your copy in the post or catch up with the articles online.
Save £100s with free access to abstracts and full text journal articles covering a broad range of library and information topics. Access Sage and ProQuest journals from our website and explore the range of publications from
our Special Interest Groups.
In an increasingly competitive world it’s essential to stand out. Invest in your skills and demonstrate your competence through Certification, Chartership and Fellowship. Take your membership to the next level.
CILIP was the route to understand the way people work. It gave me the perfect platform to evaluate myself, what I've been learning and what I need to do to move forward.
Fotis Mystakopoulos, Academic Metadata Assistant Chartered Member
Your community
Make connections, learn new skills and discover new opportunities with the CILIP community.
Your interests
Discover opportunities to learn, develop and network with our Special Interest Groups. Whatever part of the profession you’re interested in, there’s a Group waiting to help you.
Become a member of your professional community, join our member-discounted training or get more involved in your sector through regional and special interest groups.
I’m thrilled to be the recipient of the Aspire Award 2018, which has enabled me to attend this conference. Frequent chance is an inevitable part of any new professionals life, and it’s conferences like this that can carry us through, we can go forward feeling supported.
Hannah Smith
Your advocates
Access to practical online resources, insights, campaigns and awards
Impact toolkit
Discover practical information, resources and support to help you demonstrate your professional value with our impact toolkit. We’ve got tools to help you with everything from stakeholder management and analysing impact through
to advocating and influencing.
CILIP plays an important role advocating for information management and libraries nationally, and part of that process is being in touch with decision makers and with policy makers. ~It's really good to have a network of people who are involved in that kind of activity and talking to people regularly who are making policy.
David Haynes, Research Fellow City University CILIP Conference 2018
Your help and discounts
Your CILIP membership offers free legal advice, book and event discounts, exclusive deals with partner organisations and grants and bursaries.
Free legal helpline
Our partners at Law Express are on hand to provide you with free confidential and practical legal advice.
Explore the reading rooms and access over 200 million collection items for free with a British Library reader pass. All you need to register for one is your membership card, ID and proof of address.
Why would you recommend other people join CILIP? "It is an absolutely excellent professional support for me particularly working outside of the UK and I also thoroughly enjoy the networking opportunities and I think the resources online are absolutely excellent for going through fellowship.
Kirsty Crawford, Programme Director, Libraries Unlimited at British Council, CILIP Conference 2018
Become a member Today!
There's so much on offer at CILIP, from the professional networks we build, to the events, and specialised training. There's countless reasons to join CILIP - and its easy to do - Click the button below to join right now.
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