Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the United Kingdom
Organization professional_society Q14950045
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Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Summary

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is a professional society[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's field of work was library science[3].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's field of work was information science[4].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals was a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[5].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is located in London[6].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is in the country of United Kingdom[7].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's instance of is recorded as professional society[8].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[9].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's instance of is recorded as library association[10].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's chief executive officer is recorded as Louis Coiffait-Gunn[11].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's postal code is recorded as NW1 2DB[12].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's child organization or unit is recorded as Library and Information Research Group[13].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's child organization or unit is recorded as International Library and Information Group[14].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's child organization or unit is recorded as CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group[15].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's Commons category is recorded as Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals[16].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals comprises Affiliate of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals[17].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals comprises Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals[18].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals comprises Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals[19].
  • 2002 marks the founding of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals[20].
  • April 1, 2002 marks the founding of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals[21].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.520246, 'lon': -0.13141}[22].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.529987, 'lon': -0.126989}[23].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's official website is recorded as https://www.cilip.org.uk/[24].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals[25].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+49'}[26].
  • Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+52'}[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 2002[20] and April 1, 2002[21].

Leadership

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's chief executive officer is recorded as Louis Coiffait-Gunn[11].

Operations

Subsidiaries include Library and Information Research Group[13], an organization[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1977[30]; International Library and Information Group[14]; and CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group[15].

Industry

Fields of work include library science[3], an academic discipline[31] and information science[4], an academic discipline[32].

Why It Matters

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . ec.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . ec.europa.eu. Retrieved . ec.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . Q1227538. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . cilip.org.uk. Retrieved . cilip.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . api.postcodes.io. Retrieved . api.postcodes.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . api.postcodes.io. Retrieved . api.postcodes.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . SHERPA/RoMEO. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Legal form royal charter company
    Has part(s) Affiliate of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
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