Online roundtable and survey: “Professional Registration in Government Knowledge and Information Management”, Tuesday 29 April 2025, 2pm – 3:15pm

CILIP and its Government Information Group (GIG) invite current and former Certification, Chartership and Fellowship candidates working in Government Knowledge and Information Management (GKIM) to an online roundtable session. If you work as an information or knowledge professional or paraprofessional in government, legislatures, national libraries or defence, or work with government information, we would like to hear about your experience of Professional Registration (PR), any barriers you have faced whilst pursuing it, and any support or guidance that might help.

Please note that places are limited to 12 people and advanced booking is required. You can register for the session via its page on the CILIP Events Calendar.

The roundtable is being held to enable two-way communication between CILIP and members working in GKIM on the subject of PR, to increase understanding of the experiences of candidates in GKIM, and to raise awareness of sources of support available to candidates. Findings will be used to improve the support provided by CILIP and GIG for PR. The session will feature contributions from CILIP staff working to support professional development, and will be facilitated by volunteers with experience of working as GKIM professionals.

Ahead of the roundtable, CILIP and GIG are running a survey on PR and GKIM. The survey is anonymous, and results will inform the running of the roundtable, as well as providing candidates in GKIM who cannot attend with an opportunity to share their views. If you are a current or former PR candidate who works in one of the government-related areas mentioned above, we would appreciate it if you could complete the survey at this link before it closes at midday on Tuesday 22 April.