The 2022 CILIP Ireland Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held online at 10:30am on Friday 25th November. The AGM is open to all CILIP Ireland members. Others are welcome to attend as observers but are not entitled to vote.

CILIP Ireland and the Library Association of Ireland have just launched an exciting all-island Virtual Mentoring Network. This is a collaboration to enable library and information professionals to share knowledge and support across the island of Ireland.

CILIP Ireland are delighted to announce the second year of partnership with the Library Association of Ireland to support the Library Staff Champion Award 2021. As part of Library Ireland Week, staff working in libraries across Northern Ireland and Ireland are invited to nominate a colleague for the LAI/CILIP Ireland Library Staff Champion Award.

The 2021 CILIP Ireland Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 10:30 on Thursday 2nd December online. The AGM is open to all CILIP Ireland members.

An inspiring article written the by the inagural winner of the CILIP Ireland-LAI Staff Champion Award Marie Cullen. Marie provides an overview of her own career and offers some practical guidance and advice on how to engage with the profession.

“Vision and Revision: Virtual Libraries and New Beginnings” was the theme of the 2021 CILIP Ireland/LAI annual Joint Conference. Here Gerardine Blee, CILIP Ireland Relationship Manager, describes some of the highlights of the conference which was held virtually for the first time and ran across two afternoons, providing a platform for librarians and information professionals across the island of Ireland and beyond to come together.

The 2021 CILIP Ireland/LAI annual joint conference will be held from 15-16th April 2021 and will take place virtually. The conference will take the format of two half-day programmes showcasing the library and information sector across the island of Ireland and beyond. We are inviting students and new professionals to submit proposals for our New Voices session.

For the first time the 2020 CILIP Ireland Open Day and AGM was held online, taking place on Thursday 3rd December. This virtual event, which was kindly sponsored by Innovative, was held amid ongoing public health restrictions and provided a timely opportunity for the local professional community to connect and reflect on what has undoubtedly been a challenging year both personally and professionally.

Library Ireland Week will take place from Monday 30th November to Sunday 6th December 2020 and this year’s theme is “Libraries Endure: Continuity in a Crisis”. To mark and acknowledge library staff for their contributions to the sector, Library Ireland Week 2020 are promoting the Library Staff Champion Award.

The 2020 CILIP Ireland Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at online at 14:10 on Thursday 3rd December. The AGM is open to all CILIP Ireland members and forms part of the CILIP Ireland Open Day programme.

Libraries Week is the annual showcase and celebration of the best that libraries have to offer and this year it took place from 5th-10th October. To celebrate CILIP Ireland asked local libraries to share some of the many innovative ways they've been supporting their communities.

Local library buildings might be temporarily closed but we have outlined some of their fantastic online resources you might find useful to keep you occupied while you are spending most of your time at home.

The 2019 CILIP Ireland Open Day and AGM took place on Thursday 12th December at the Falls Road Library in Belfast. The event, which was kindly sponsored by Browns Books for Students, saw a capacity turnout despite the snap General Election with colleagues networking and knowledge sharing.

The 2019 CILIP Ireland Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 12:30 on Thursday 12th December at the Falls Road Library. The AGM is open to all CILIP Ireland members and forms part of the CILIP Ireland Open Day programme.

CILIP Ireland welcomes the publication of the 'Great School Libraries” report and in particular the key insights and evidence in relation to school libraries in Northern Ireland.

CILIP President David Stewart visited Northern Ireland last week for an informal “Meet the President” social event. Held on Wednesday 18th September 2019 in the lovely setting of the Senate Room at Queen’s University, Belfast CILIP Ireland members enjoyed an evening of networking, discussion and knowledge sharing over drinks and canapés.

On Friday 28th June 2019, BIALL collaborated with CILIP Ireland and CLSIG to deliver their popular Legal Reference Materials course at the Belfast offices of Allen and Overy. This was the first time the course has ever been delivered in Northern Ireland and it provided a fantastic opportunity for local law librarians to develop new skills and refresh their existing knowledge.

This year the LAI and CILIP Ireland Joint Conference and Exhibition headed southwards after last year’s successful northern venture in the Canal Court Hotel and Spa in Newry, Co. Down. Hosted in the Killashee Hotel in Naas, Co. Kildare from 10th to 11th April it attracted a phenomenal c.170 delegates from across the island of Ireland and offered a great mix of cross-sector speakers.

The 2018 CILIP Ireland Open Day and Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on Wednesday 5 December in the impressive surroundings of the Inn of Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast.