Building Your Portfolio

By Margaret Watson

Pages: 160 Published Feb 2008 Price: £ 29.95

Reflecting on achievements and presenting evidence of enhanced knowledge and skills underpin

many professional and educational qualifications. Building a portfolio is key to recording and

demonstrating this professional development, and is central to gaining professional qualifications

offered by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

This ‘how to’ guide provides practical and clear advice on producing a successful portfolio. Set

out in a user-friendly format, and covering each element of a portfolio, this guide is jam-packed

with examples, useful hints and tips, personal contributions from successful applicants, web links,

and further reading to help you develop a top-notch portfolio. Contents include:

CILIP’s Framework of Qualifications

the portfolio approach

assessment criteria

reflective writing

curriculum vitae

professional development plans

personal statements

supporting evidence

the final steps.

Written by a former CILIP President, this book is essential for library and information practitioners

working towards CILIP professional qualifications: Certification, Chartership, Fellowship and Revalidation

as well as those beginning their first job in the sector. The book will also be valuable to mentors,

employers of library and information staff, students of library and information science, and others

interested in effectively recording their continuing professional development.

Please Send Your Order To: R Krishnan

Manager (Information Products)

Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd,

751 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002