Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a library manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a library manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Library managers supervise the correct usage of library equipment and items. They manage the provided services of a library and the operation of the departments within a library. Library managers also provide training for new staff members and manage the budget of the library.

Also known as library services manager, public library services manager, head of library, library operations manager, library administrator, library director, public library manager.

Managers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: library assistant, 50%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
library assistant 50% covered librarian 50% covered cultural archive manager 24% covered information manager 22% covered archivist 20% covered library manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from library manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a library manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A library manager needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • negotiate library contracts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • supervise daily library operations management skills
  • buy new library items communication, collaboration and creativity
  • confer with library colleagues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide library information assisting and caring
  • arrange interlibrary loans management skills
  • manage digital libraries working with computers
  • collection management social sciences, journalism and information
  • types of literature genres arts and humanities
  • literature arts and humanities
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a library manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Library manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a library manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.