A CILIP week

I’ve been quite busy doing CILIP things this week and very enjoyable they were too.  On Wednesday evening CILIP in Sussex organised a workshop on dealing with change with a very good trainer/consultant called Pete Pearce.  ‘Who isn’t affected by change?’ was the rhetorical question.  He helped us all think through the impacts and implications and our part in the processes in a way which was thought-provoking but non-threatening.   This was quite a feat, given that the roles of those taking part ranged from library assistant to head of service.  The other CILIP activity was a meeting of the Manifesto Task and Finish Group in Ridgmount Street.   The purpose of this group has been reported in Gazette and elsewhere, but it’s basically a group set up to draft a library and information manifesto for the next election, aimed at political candidates.  It’s been an interesting initiative and we’ve made good progress with the drafting.  There will be more publicity when it’s finished and we ask all CILIP members to do their bit in taking it to the hustings.   One really nice thing for me was that at both events there were former students involved, which is always heartening and proof that we’re doing something right.  Now, back to the day job…