Plans are already underway for CILIP Unconference '24, the residential weekend coordinated by CILIP RPG, which will take place in October 2024 in the beautiful city of Glasgow. The Unconference weekend will run from Friday 4 October to Monday 7 October and be held at the Glynhill Hotel & Spa. 

CILIP RPG is working with CILIP Scotland and CILIP K&IM Group  to run a wide variety of activities - talks, visits to libraries and museums, entertainment and workshops - which will make this Unconference something to remember.

Friday 4/10/2024 

Registration from 2pm

6.30PM - Dinner
8PM - Speaker: Kirsten MacQuarrie, Writer and CILIP Scotland Sector Development Manager + CILIP125

Saturday 5/10/2024 

Registration from 8AM
8AM to 8.45AM - Breakfast

Meet at Glenhill Hotel Reception for coach travel
9am - 10am - Paisley Library
Speaker: Stephen Slevin - Renfrewshire Libraries Service

10.30am  - 12 -  Mitchell Library
Speaker: Katrina Brodin - Mitchell Library.

12 Midday - Cafe / restaurant open for Networking lunch

1.30pm - Burrell Collection
Speaker: Shanhila Shafic

6PM - Pre dinner Reception
6.30PM - Dinner

8PM - Words and Music:
Nick Byrne - Cello - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Nadia Kabir Barb - CILIP RPG Writer in Residence 2024
Kirsten Cliff Elliot - Writer
Maureen Cullen - Writer

9pm - Bar open

Sunday 6/10/2024

Registration from 8AM
8AM to 8.45AM - Breakfast

9AM - Football, Politics, Religion and Libraries
Speaker: Sandy Jamieson - Author and Founder of Ringwood Publishing 

10.30am - break - Networking with coffee/tea and pastries provided 

11-00am - 12.30pm
Writing Workshop:
Nadia Barb - CILIP RPG writer in residence
Laura Jane Ferguson CILIP K&IM Editor
Christie Ikeogu - CILIP RPG Editor
Kirsten Elliot - CILIP125 / writer / Independent Assessor, CILIP Pathways

1pm - Networking with light lunch provided 

2PM
Cross Sector Panel Discussion - Hot topics and current challenges

Round table panel:
Sean McNamara - Chair

Panel members:

Jennifer Horan, South Lanarkshire Leisure and CILIP Youth Libraries Group

Agnes Kozlowska, Head of Knowledge & Information Management Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Tim Ziljstra - NHS Tayside Library and Information Services / Member of IFLA KM Section Committee

David McMenemy - Senior Lecturer in Information Studies at the University of Glasgow

3.30PM -  Networking break - tea/coffee and pastries provided

4.30PM - Creativity in Workplace (Presentation in person and via Zoom)  and 
Art Workshop (Practical session in person only)

Helen Stevenson - CILIP RPG Artist in Residence 2024
Stephanie Barnes - Founder and Chief Chaos Organiser, Entelechy

6-30PM - Dinner

8PM -  Speaker /  Quiz

Monday 7/10/24

8AM to 9AM - Breakfast

10AM - Unconference close.

Optional Satellite visits

Additional visits to libraries and other places of interest such as the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Dunfermline are being planned for the days following the CILIP Unconference. Information to follow later. 

CPD 

The weekend will be of interest to CILIP members and colleagues from all sectors.  It will earn you 8 CPD hours and improve skills from the following sections of the CILIP Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB):  3.2 Understanding information seeking behaviour | 6.1 Knowledge management | 10.4 Engaging with stakeholders | 11.4 Influencing key stakeholders | 11.6 Partnership development | 11.8 Reflective practice | 13.8 Networking skills | Improve understanding of wider library, data, information and knowledge sector context and links with galleries, archives, and museums

Bursaries and Grants

Members of CILIP are eligible to apply for financial support from a variety of bursaries and funds including the CILIP RPG Small Awards Fund - see https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/GrantsandBursaries
A Selection of presenters, etc: 

Stephanie Barnes - Founder and Chief Chaos Organiser, Entelechy 

Katrina Brodin - Mitchell Library Programme Manager (Reader Development and Literacy)

Nick Byrne - Cello - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Kirsten Cliff Elliot - Writer and Librarian MCLIP + CILIP125

Laura Jane Ferguson - CILIP K&IM Editor

Rob Green - CILIP Information Professional Editor (invited)

Fiona Higgins, Hymans Robertson LLP, Solicitors (invited)

Jennifer Horan, Community Librarian, South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture / National Chair - CILIP Youth Libraries Group

Christie Ikeogu - CILIP RPG Editor

Sandy Jamieson - Author / Founder of Ringwood Publishing 

Nadia Kabir Barb - CILIP RPG Writer in Residence 2024

Agnes Kozlowska, Head of Knowledge & Information Management Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 

Sean McNamara - Head of CILIP Scotland

Kirsten MacQuarrie - Writer and CILIP Scotland Sector Development Manager + CILIP125

Shanhila Shafic - Burrell Collection Assistant 

Stephen Slevin - Library Development Coordinator at Renfrewshire Libraries Service

Helen Stevenson - CILIP RPG Artist in Residence 2024

Tim Ziljstra - IFLA KM Section / NHS Tayside Library and Information Services

Unconference ticket prices

Full Unconference delegate
Includes all speakers, workshops, networking, visits and three nights 4* accommodation, dinner, bed and breakfast with light lunch and refreshments on the Sunday

Rate no additional charge for single occupancy)
Full rate after 19/8/2024 £475 per person

Day1, Saturday 5 October day delegate - £100 including coach travel, evening meal and speaker
Day 2, Sunday 6 October day delegate - £125 for the full day including light lunch, workshops, evening meal and speaker
Both Day 1 and Day 2 -  to include visits, speakers, workshops, light lunch on the Sunday and evening meals on both days -£175

We offer grants and sponsored places at the Unconference to ensure that it is accessible and inclusive for all of those with an interest in the UK library, information and knowledge community.

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