CLSIG supports and promotes the professional interests of members in commercial, legal and scientific workplace libraries & information services. This is facilitated by providing professional development training, networking opportunities for members, and representing their interests within CILIP and the wider information community.
Professional development is promoted through an active programme of events and visits. Joint events with other groups have been actively promoted for several years, and since CLSIG membership covers the whole UK as well as abroad, efforts are now being made to hold more CLSIG events outside the South-East. CLSIG News, published six times a year, keeps members up to date on all aspects of the commercial information sector. Personal CLSIG membership is open to all, whether CILIP members or not.
Wanted: volunteers to take a short stint on the CLSIG stand (762) at Online - send names & day available to oriole@legal-im.co.uk and you'll be contacted right away.
Aslib, AUKML, BIALL, CIG, CILIP in London, CLIG, CLSIG and SLA Europe present the
Information Professionals' Christmas Party
Monday, 1st December 2008
Mingle with a glass of champagne in the Reading and Writing Rooms with stunning views of the River Thames, followed by a fork buffet served along with delicious wines and soft drinks, then dance the
night away.
Date: Monday 1st December 2008. Time: 7pm to Midnight. Venue: One Whitehall Place, SW1A 2EJ
Dress code: Black tie/Smart. Tickets: Members of: Aslib, AUKML, BIALL, CIG, CILIP in London, CLIG, CLSIG and SLA Europe £35.00, Non-members £50.00
You can only book by downloading a booking form. From the CiG website.
The latest in CLSIG's series of evening seminars for Information Professionals in the commercial, legal and scientific sectors was on PR and Media Relations, and took place on 12th November 2008 at CILIP HQ. Matthew Mezey, CILIP Update's News Editor, gave a unique insight into how to raise your, and your information service's profile, through publicity and media relations.
Read Jennifer Smith's report on the evening in the latest issue of CLSIG News.
The Professional Development Club focuses on practical solutions to the day to day challenges faced by CLSIG members, and will allow you to share your experiences and learn from your colleagues.
Read more on our Events page
Johan van Halm
We were saddened to learn of the unexpected death on 28 September of Johan, with whom we ran the joint CLSIG-EUSIDIC Bloomsbury Conference earlier this year. There is a page online on the EUSIDIC website, at http://www.eusidic.net/hn/ if friends & colleagues wish to leave memories & messages for Johan’s daughter and his other family & friends.
Knowledge Management in Law Firms,
14th-16th October 2008, Melia White House, London NW1
The Lawyer's Knowledge Management in Law Firms conference identified how you can manage your firm's knowledge efficiently to gain an advantage over your competitors. This event drilled down to the practical real-life situation, tackling the KM challenges you face today so you can realise the full potential of your firm.
See http://www.thelawyerconferences.com for more details.
CLSIG recently organised a trip to the National Archives Library. This took place on Friday 24th October 2008 at 2pm. A report will appear in the forthcoming issue of CLSIG News.
The AUKML/CLSIG Open Day 2008 was held on Monday 27th October
Read more on our News page
Our Summer Party this year took place at Vinopolis, London, SE1, on Thursday 10 July, from 6pm. See under Events for full details of forthcoming events.
CLSIG and EUSIDIC recently held a joint conference, with the theme Beyond Discovery, covering many aspects of the important issues currently facing information professionals: career development, the future of information units, the revolution in academic libraries, and an interactive workshop on visions of success in commercial fields. To read the presentations, go to http://www.eusidic.net/index.php?content=presentations
The October issue of the CLSIG Newsletter has now been published – see the Newsletter section for this and previous issues.
ADLG has now become a fully-fledged Special Interest Group of CILIP.
Photos from Online Information 2007.
CLSIG AGM report (pdf, 40kb) from 25th April 2007.
Independent members can join without being CILIP members (membership form pdf, 45kb) and current independent members should renew now.
 Please remember our urgent appeal for members to send their current e-mail addresses to Bert Washington, CLSIG Vice-Chair & Membership Secretary, to help us to update our membership list.
Send your details from the e-mail address you want us to use - home or work - in this format :
To: bertw@ecoanimalhealth.com
Subject line: UPDATE
Text:
your name + any former names
your CILIP membership number
(which the membership Dept can supply).
Thank you |
The Commercial, Legal & Scientific Information Group (formerly Industrial & Commercial Libraries Group) is one of the oldest special interest groups first of the Library Association and later after the merger with the Institute of Information Scientists, of the new joint body, CILIP. Since the establishment of our new website as part of CILIP's, we have decided it is time to rebrand our image and appearance and have adopted the logo above to represent the Group. Our aims & objectives however are unchanged: we exist to support and promote the professional interests of all members in commercial, industrial, special and workplace libraries & information units. We are aiming to develop further our already active programme of events to facilitate professional development; to encourage and support greater activity in our regional Groups, and always to represent and support the commercial information sector on national and topical issues.
So if these are your interests too, come and join us!
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