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We’re so proud to support an amazing range of events being brought to you from across CILIP creating a Summer of CPD. We can’t wait to see you in person at our conference in 2022, but until then we have pulled together an extensive
collection of free and paid-for events.
You’ll find webinars, conferences, member network events and moments throughout the summer months to help you strengthen your ties to the library and information community.
Explore some of the big challenges facing the profession and wider society, take some time to focus on your professional development, connect and collaborate with colleagues from all sectors.
If you weren’t one of the nearly 500 delegates to join us in November, you have the opportunity to purchase access to the virtual event platform to watch the recordings of all of the sessions. Covering the themes of
Collaboration, Raising Voices, Technical Skills and Resilience, the sessions are packed with inspiring conversations, insightful presentations from leading practitioners, and practical advice.
There are a limited number of tickets available for a limited time.
Check out presentations on media literacy and misinformation, responses to Covid-19, how libraries are responding to sustainability and Stuart Hamilton's keynote presentation. free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
Two days of keynotes, workshops, and talks online on the themes of Shaping Modern Wales (Thursday 20 May) and Wales and the World (Friday 21st May)
. May 20 + 21 2021
Two days of keynotes, workshops, and talks online on the theme of Reinvigorate and Renew: Emerging into a better, brighter, new world. June 7 + 8 2021
We are looking to make presentations available from the conference.
The 2021 Working Internationally Conference explored ways of connecting with library services from across the world to inspire and inform your library service back home. A unique programme of panel sessions, presentations and hands-on workshops draws on speakers from a diverse range of countries sharing best practice, spotlighting new ideas and showcasing successful examples of international working project 25 June 2021, free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
Presentations from the event will be available shortly
The Youth Libraries Group National Conference will explore landscape, identity and own voices, developing the opportunities we can offer children and young people to interact with the ever-changing world around them
through literature and reading . 17-19 September 2021
Look out for Extra Early Bird tickets for CILIP Conference 2022 coming soon!
This tutorial explores the fundamental concepts and principles of User-Centred Design for information search and discovery and demonstrates how to apply them to a range of practical contexts. 14 July 2021, CILIP member rate £50, Employer Partner rate £65
This fundamental two part online workshop is perfect for anybody who needs an introduction to the basic copyright principles and/or is reproducing, creating, sharing, publishing, commissioning or digitising content.
It is designed for staff working across all library, information and knowledge management sectors and great for newcomers to copyright or those who need a refresher. You need to attend both parts to complete the programme. 9 + 16 September 2021, CILIP member rate £150, CILIP Employer Partner + Supplier Partner rate £175.00
Taking Information Management from theory to practice, this webinar will look at real-world examples of how good information management practices provide value to corporate organisations. 9 June 2021, free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
This webinar will introduce attendees to key engagement concepts and activities as outlined in Terry’s new book Engaging your Community through Active Strategic Marketing: A practical guide for librarians and information professionals. 10 June 2021, free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
The Internet has been available since the early 1990s and is a reflection of almost every aspect of modern life. It is, however, a highly ephemeral resource with websites in regular change and frequent deletion. A web
archive attempts to capture, preserve, and give access to archived websites at regular intervals. This session will introduce web archives and their potential for research at all levels.. 16 June 2021, free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
Staff members from the British Library will give a presentation on the Arts Council England and Carnegie UK Trust funded ‘Single Digital Presence’ project. The project began in 2018 to explore digital transformations
in public libraries and what a national online presence for the sector could look like. The team have recently reached the end of the project’s research and development phase. As well as explaining its drivers,
methods and findings, the presenters will also outline the next steps for development and answer questions from attendees. 24 June 2021, free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
Public libraries have a transformative impact on the daily lives of millions of people as ‘civic infrastructure’ in communities across the UK. As policy and funding become more fragmented, however, the idea of a ‘national
public library network’ is coming increasingly under pressure.
In this second in our series of ‘Presidential Debates’, CILIP President Paul Corney will invite a panel of speakers including award-winning journalist and author Kate Thompson to explore the question “Are public libraries
a national network or a local service?”. 30 June 2021, free to all
This talk will outline the history of the Black Cultural Archives, discussing its journey to becoming one of the first dedicated archives to collect Black British history. The talk will also explore its current initiatives
and plans for the future. 7 July 2021, free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
The Cataloguing Code of Ethics, released in 2021, was intended to be used widely, yet international feedback was limited when the Code was drafted. The Code is the first attempt at addressing widespread concerns within
the broader cataloguing community. This session is an opportunity for cataloguers worldwide to consider the Code and how it could be implemented in their local contexts. 14 July 2021, free to all
Join Helen Berry & Sonia Ramdhian for hints and tips on how to create evidence for your professional registration submission. 16 July 2021, free to all
This webinar highlights the key enablers and inhibitors to knowledge transfer across the UK construction organisations and provides foundation for construction project practitioners to adopt more socially oriented approaches
towards promoting learning-rich organisational contexts to overcome variation in the OHS and move beyond the current plateau reached in safety statistics. 21 July 2021, free for CILIP members and staff of Employer Partners
Randa Al Chidiac, Patricia Rahme and Ali Sabbagh will be talking about libraries in Lebanon following the blast in 2020. After the August 4 2020 blast, libraries in Lebanon decided to brush off the dust, remove the
rubble and glass, and tend to their injured staff and users. Librarians started looking into best plans for a return to service and the Lebanese Library Association joined them on the journey. 15 September 2021, free to all
CILIP's eLearning Hub
CILIP's eLearning Hub hosts a broad swathe of resources including webinars and short courses across the library and information sector with materials categorised by type, sector and PKSB category.
Recent additions to our webinar collection including a look at how we can manage the data deluge, libraries discussing how they have responded to the challenges of Covid-19 and a closer look at the Text Encoding Initiative among many others.
You can also find Library and Information Research Group's Introduction to Research learning module.
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