RIVAL network members’ LIS skills and interests

In November 2019 the RIVAL network members were asked to select their top 10 skills from the CILIP Professional Skills and Knowledge Base. This table can be used by network members (and others) to identify people with complementary skills for collaborative work.

Click any of the following category-names to learn who has the individual skills in that category. To see the physical location of RIVAL network members by role categories, please see the RIVAL map.

Professional Skills

Organising Knowledge and Information
Knowledge and Information Management
Using and Exploiting Knowledge and Information
Research Skills
Information Governance and Compliance
Records Management and Archiving
Collection Management and Development
Literacies and Learning

Generic Skills

Leadership and Advocacy
Strategy, Planning and Management
Customer Focus, Service Design and Marketing
IT and Communication

Professional skills
1 Organising Knowledge and Information
1.1 Information resources	Paul Gooding, Alison Stoddart Andrew McTaggart
1.2 File planning	—
1.3 Classification schemes and taxonomies	—
1.4 Ontologies	Diane Pennington Andy Taylor
1.5 Cataloguing and resource description	Laura Cagnazzo Eva Nueno Diane Pennington Lynne Robertson Rachel Salzano
1.6 Thesauri	—
1.7 Subject indexing	Emily Prince
1.8 Information architecture	Diane Pennington
1.9 Database design and management	Andy Taylor
1.10 Metadata	Laura Cagnazzo Diane Pennington Rachel Salzano Andy Taylor
2 Knowledge and Information Management
2.1 Knowledge management	Hazel Hall Sally Kerr Maureen McWhirter Eva Nueno Lynne Robertson
2.2 Information management	Maureen McWhirter Andrew McTaggart
2.3 Data management	Sally Kerr Andrew McTaggart Andy Taylor
2.4 Knowledge synthesis and information integration	Paul Gooding Kirsten McCormick
2.5 Knowledge transfer/ organisational learning	Hazel Hall Sean McNamara Karen Walker
2.6 Organisational information/ knowledge assets	—
2.7 Knowledge sharing and collaboration	Gillian Daly Paul Gooding Hazel Hall Sally Kerr Kirsten McCormick Andrew McTaggart Maureen McWhirter Diane Pennington Emily Prince Katherine Stephen
2.8 Obtaining benefits from information products/expertise	Andrew McTaggart Maureen McWhirter
3 Using and Exploiting Knowledge and Information
3.1 Understanding information services	Morag Higgison Hayley Lockerbie Andrew McTaggart Karen Walker
3.2 Understanding information seeking behaviour	Paul Gooding Hayley Lockerbie Kirsten McCormick Rachel Salzano Katherine Stephen Melissa Terras
3.3 Information retrieval	Kirsten McCormick
3.4 Data analytics	Andrew McTaggart Eva Nueno Lynne Robertson Andy Taylor
3.5 Informetrics	Paul Gooding Eva Nueno Lynne Robertson
3.6 Information analysis	Paul Gooding Andrew McTaggart Alison Stoddart Andy Taylor
3.7 Information evaluation	—
3.8 Abstracting and summarising	—
4 Research Skills
4.1 Understanding research	Paul Gooding Hazel Hall Morag Higgison Hayley Lockerbie Andrew McTaggart Bruce Ryan Rachel Salzano Katherine Stephen Alison Stoddart Melissa Terras
4.2 Evaluative research	Paul Gooding Hazel Hall Bruce Ryan Alyson Tyler
4.3 Desk research	Paul Gooding Morag Higgison Bruce Ryan Alyson Tyler
4.4 Statistics and statistical analysis	Andrew McTaggart Andy Taylor Karen Walker
4.5 Understanding research contexts	Laura Cagnazzo Bruce Ryan Alison Stoddart
4.6 Understanding and presenting research reports	Paul Gooding Hazel Hall Kirsten McCormick Maureen McWhirter Bruce Ryan Andy Taylor Alyson Tyler
4.7 Research ethics	Maureen McWhirter
5 Information Governance and Compliance
5.1 Information governance	Sally Kerr Karen Walker
5.2 Information rights	—
5.3 Copyright, intellectual property and licensing	Kirsten McCormick Eva Nueno Lynne Robertson Melissa Terras
5.4 Assured information sharing	—
5.5 Information ownership and accountability	—
5.6 Information risk management	—
5.7 Information assurance	—
5.8 Information audit—
6 Records Management and Archiving
6.1 Records management	—
6.2 Retention and disposal	—
6.3 Storage of collections	—
6.4 Access to collections	—
6.5 Digitisation	Ines Byrne Eva Nueno Lynne Robertson Katherine Stephen Alison Stoddart Melissa Terras
6.6 Curation	—
6.7 Preservation	Eva Nueno Lynne Robertson
6.8 Web information continuity	—
6.9 Archiving	Eva Nueno Lynne Robertson
7 Collection Management and Development
7.1 Collection management	Ines Byrne Jill Mackintosh Martina McChrystal Emily Prince
7.2 Collection development policy	Rachel Salzano
7.3 Selection of materials and resources	Ines Byrne Jill Mackintosh
7.4 Legal deposit	Ines Byrne Melissa Terras
7.5 Collection evaluation and information quality	Jill Mackintosh
7.6 Collection promotion	Ines Byrne Rachel Salzano
8 Literacies and Learning
8.1 Information literacy	Hazel Hall Morag Higgison Hayley Lockerbie Jill Mackintosh Kirsten McCormick Hilary Reid
8.2 Reading literacy and Reader Development	Jeanette Castle Hayley Lockerbie Jill Mackintosh Emily Prince Alyson Tyler, Karen Walker
8.3 Digital literacy	Ines Byrne Morag Higgison Kirsten McCormick Sean McNamara Diane Pennington Emily Prince Hilary Reid Alison Stoddart Alyson Tyler
8.4 Writing, numeracy and creativity	—
8.5 Frameworks and curricula for education and training	Katherine Stephen
8.6 Teaching and training skills	Katherine Stephen
8.7 Supporting users	Hayley Lockerbie Jill Mackintosh Kirsten McCormick Sean McNamara Hilary Reid Bruce Ryan Rachel Salzano Alison Stoddart
8.8 Virtual Learning Environments	Richard Aird Ines Byrne Hilary Reid
Generic skills
9 Leadership and Advocacy
9.1 Leadership skills	Richard Aird Jeanette Castle Gillian Daly Sally Kerr Jill Mackintosh Martina McChrystal Paul McCloskey Sean McNamara Hilary Reid Melissa Terras
9.2 Strategic thinking and evaluation	Ines Byrne Jeanette Castle Gillian Daly Jill Mackintosh Martina McChrystal Sean McNamara Hilary Reid Karen Walker
9.3 Advocacy	Ines Byrne Jeanette Castle Gillian Daly Sally Kerr Martina McChrystal Sean McNamara Eva Nueno Hilary Reid Lynne Robertson
9.4 Demonstrating value	Jeanette Castle Gillian Daly Hayley Lockerbie Martina McChrystal Sean McNamara Emily Prince Hilary Reid Alison Stoddart
9.5 Partnership development	Ines Byrne Jeanette Castle Gillian Daly Sally Kerr Hayley Lockerbie Jill Mackintosh Martina McChrystal Paul McCloskey Hilary Reid
9.6 Influencing key stakeholders	Gillian Daly Martina McChrystal Sean McNamara Eva Nueno Hilary Reid Lynne Robertson
9.7 Working with decision makers	Gillian Daly Martina McChrystal Sean McNamara Hilary Reid
10 Strategy, Planning and Management
10.1 Strategic planning	Richard Aird Jeanette Castle Sally Kerr Martina McChrystal Melissa Terras
10.2 Business planning and asset management	Richard Aird
10.3 Operational planning	Jill Mackintosh Sean McNamara Karen Walker
10.4 Policy	Jeanette Castle Gillian Daly Sean McNamara Alyson Tyler
10.5 Legal compliance	—
10.6 Financial management	Jeanette Castle Martina McChrystal Sean McNamara
10.7 Contract management	—
10.8 People management	Jill Mackintosh Martina McChrystal Paul McCloskey
10.9 Project management	Richard Aird Gillian Daly Melissa Terras Alyson Tyler
10.10 Change management	Richard Aird Martina McChrystal
11 Customer Focus, Service Design and Marketing
11.1 Strategic marketing	Alyson Tyler
11.2 Communicating with stakeholders	Richard Aird Maureen McWhirter
11.3 Community planning and engagement	Karen Walker
11.4 Service innovation, development, and design	Richard Aird Jeanette Castle Sally Kerr Sean McNamara Emily Prince Hilary Reid
11.5 Customer service skills	Richard Aird Jill Mackintosh Paul McCloskey Hilary Reid Rachel Salzano
11.6 Quality management	Hilary Reid
12 IT and Communication
12.1 ICT skills	Sally Kerr Jill Mackintosh Diane Pennington Andy Taylor Bruce Ryan
12.2 Library, information and knowledge technologies	Richard Aird Laura Cagnazzo Jill Mackintosh Diane Pennington Andy Taylor Melissa Terras
12.3 System design and development of systems	Diane Pennington Andy Taylor
12.4 Social media and collaborative tools	Hazel Hall Morag Higgison Maureen McWhirter Diane Pennington Emily Prince Melissa Terras Alyson Tyler Karen Walker
12.5 Communication skills	Hazel Hall Paul McCloskey Maureen McWhirter Bruce Ryan Rachel Salzano Katherine Stephen Alyson Tyler, Karen Walker
12.6 Networking skills	Laura Cagnazzo Hazel Hall Bruce Ryan
12.7 Media and PR skills	—
12.8 Language skills	—
12.9 Open source systems	—

Professional Skills

Generic Skills

Professional skills

1 Organising Knowledge and Information

2 Knowledge and Information Management

3 Using and Exploiting Knowledge and Information

4 Research Skills

5 Information Governance and Compliance

6 Records Management and Archiving

7 Collection Management and Development

8 Literacies and Learning

Generic skills

9 Leadership and Advocacy

10 Strategy, Planning and Management

11 Customer Focus, Service Design and Marketing

12 IT and Communication

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