ONCE YOU ARE RLIANZA

Once you are RLIANZA
3 yearly revalidation process
1.Mechanism for keeping current
2.Proof to employers you’re "with it"
3.Proof to LIM colleagues you’re a career pro

How do we do it?
Keep a Revaildation Journal
- Record journals and article read
- Record In house training
- Record training courses
- Attending Conference
- Networking with other professionals
- SIG Networking

Benefits of Geting Professional Registered Now

1. Transition phase is a ‘fast track’ to PR
2. No library qualification required
3. Recognises previous library experience
4. Valid until 30 June 2009
5. Training counts from Day 1

Make the most of it now.

http://www.lianza.org.nz/registration/applicationforms.html

Professional Costs

Membership Fee $100.00
Application Fee $ 56.25
Prof Reg Fee $100.00

With a possibility of a partial reimbursement from employer. Check with your Manager.

What's involved in the Transition Phase

What’s involved in getting RLIANZA after your name?
1. Current LIANZA / SLANZA / NZLLA / TRW member
2. Proof of qualifications
3. Brief CV
4. Application form & fee of $56.25
5. Payment of $100 PR fee on success

Registration after the Transistion Phase

Registration (After Transistion Phase)
To qualify for registration, library and information professionals must:
• show theoretical understanding of the body of professional knowledge at graduate level
• practically apply the body of professional knowledge in a library or information management
environment.
Registration recognises individuals who are committed to achieving and maintaining a professional standard of practice.
Registration is an international standard of quality assurance that will lead to reciprocal recognition in the global job market. Individuals will be able to use the letters RLIANZA (Registered member of the library and information profession) to market themselves to prospective employers. LIANZA will market the benefits to New Zealand employers of recruiting registered library and information professionals.
Will also involve a period of mentoring.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/registration/applicationforms.html

Why Professional Registration?

Over the next few weeks I will give you a chance to have a closer look at Professional registration and for you to see why it will be of benefit to you, whether you have a Library qualification or not. After 30 June 2009 it will be a lot harder for existing Librarians without a qualification to get Professional Registration.
Professional Registration is an assurance for future employers, both in New Zealand and overseas, that a registered member meets professional standards of competency in the body of professional knowledge and ethics required for professional library and information work.
It is also a way of international benchmarking and recognition of professional library qualifications for New Zealanders wishing to work overseas.
It also gives credibility to Librarians & Library & Information Professionals.


Why Professional Registration?
Formal recognition of qualifications and skills.
Increases overseas work opportunities .
Increases professional status.
Revalidation requirements fit with existing training and development initiatives,

Who is eligible?
Transition Period - Foundation Members
Foundation membership: A one-off opportunity
All current library and information professionals are ‘grandparented’ until 30 June 2009. Grandparenting means that current library and information professionals may apply between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2009 for full professional registration as Foundation members.
These transition arrangements provide a one-off opportunity for members of the profession, whether or not they hold a qualification, to meet the criteria for professional registration.
http://www.lianza.org.nz/registration/applicationforms.html