CILIP Government Information Group

  Award – Lifetime Achievement (Joint Award) Joint Winner: David Smith Reason : David has been instrumental in developing the KIM profession in Government. He has spent his career in KIM, from librarian in the 1980’s to Head of KIM and Departmental Records Officer at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities today. He is recognised as a leader, mentor and champion of KIM professionals across the public sector.   David has played a key role in the development of cross-government initiatives, including modernising the professional skills competency framework, reviews of record keeping and the introduction of electronic records catalogues. His leadership on electronic records and freedom of information in the early days of email and electronic publications was ground-breaking, innovative and set the professional standards for government which have been in place ever since. David has been personally recognised several times by external professional bodies, includ