Fit for the future

A bright future for our profession

#cilips13

Peter Reid Annie Mauger

@imrgu @anniemauger

126 West Regent StreetGlasgow

www.cilips.org.uk

@CILIPScotland

The Scottish Perspective

Advocacy

Our changing environment

Or…..

‘Rather than the user in the life of the library, think about the library in the life of the user.’

(Wayne Weigand, 2011)

‘Attention will shift from the libraryto the librarian, the information professional is the library of the

future.’

(Sage/British Library 2012)

Opportunities

• Location• Knowledge • Information• Solutions!• Skills!

Visibility!

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What to expect from CILIP/S

Our ethical principles• Public good, diversity and human rights• Defence and advancement of access to

information and ideas• Impartiality in mediating the use of

information • Concern for the conservation and

preservation of our information heritage