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The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) is a professional body representing librarians and other information professionals in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of the Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists. Membership is not compulsory for practice, but members can work towards chartership which entitles them to the postnominal letters MCLIP and subsequently FCLIP (sic). Affiliated members can also obtain ACLIP upon completing certification.

CILIP accredits degree programmes in library and information science at universities in the UK, including City University, London, Loughborough University, the University of Sheffield and University College London.

CILIP is perhaps best known to the general public for awarding the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals for children's books.

CILIP publishes a monthly magazine, Library & Information Update, and a fortnightly newsletter, Library & Information Gazette, including listings of job vacancies. It also runs a recruitment agency, InfoMATCH. There are several local branches and special interest groups, such as cataloguing, public libraries, rare books and prison libraries.

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 The '''Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals''' (CILIP) is a [[professional body]] representing [[librarian]]s and other [[information science|information professionals]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was formed in [[2002]] by the merger of the Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists. Membership is not compulsory for practice, but members can work towards ''chartership'' which entitles them to the [[List of post-nominal letters|postnominal letters]] MCLIP and subsequently FCLIP ([[sic]]). Affiliated members can also obtain ACLIP upon completing certification.
-CILIP accredits degree programmes such as those offered by the leading UK information science departments at [[City University, London]], [[Loughborough University]], the [[University of Sheffield]] and [[University College London]].
+CILIP [[accreditation|accredits]] degree programmes in [[library and information science]] at [[List of British universities|universities in the UK]], including [[City University, London]], [[Loughborough University]], the [[University of Sheffield]] and [[University College London]].
-CILIP is perhaps best known for awarding the [[Carnegie Medal|Carnegie]] and [[Kate Greenaway Medal]]s for [[children's books]]. It [[accreditation|accredits]] courses in [[library and information science]] at [[List of British universities|universities in the UK]].
+CILIP is perhaps best known to the general public for awarding the [[Carnegie Medal|Carnegie]] and [[Kate Greenaway Medal]]s for [[children's books]].
 CILIP publishes a monthly magazine, ''Library & Information Update'', and a [[fortnight]]ly [[newsletter]], ''Library & Information Gazette'', including listings of job vacancies. It also runs a [[employment agency|recruitment agency]], InfoMATCH. There are several local branches and special interest groups, such as cataloguing, [[public library|public libraries]], rare books and [[prison]] libraries.