library managertoinformation manager
A library manager already meets 22% of what the information manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
22%
76.7/ 100
1 Share of the information manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the library manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A information manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a library manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess informational needs
- copyright legislation
- manage digital libraries
- recruit employees
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A information manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a library manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage digital libraries working with computers
- already held assess informational needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use databases working with computers
- already held copyright legislation business, administration and law
- already held recruit employees management skills
- already held manage budgets management skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the information manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held analyse information systems required
- required, not held evaluate project plans required
- required, not held manage data required
- required, not held manage information access aids required
- optional, not held create semantic trees optional
- optional, not held analyse big data optional
- required, not held cooperate to resolve information issues required
- required, not held design information system required
- required, not held develop solutions to information issues required
- required, not held develop organisational information goals required
- required, not held develop information standards required
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
- required, not held corporate sustainability required
- required, not held data quality assessment required
- optional, not held organisational learning optional
- required, not held perform data mining required
- optional, not held digitise documents optional
- optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held use software for data preservation optional
- required, not held perform customer management required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a information manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 analyse information systems skill · occupation specific
- 02 cooperate to resolve information issues skill · occupation specific
- 03 develop organisational information goals skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held assess informational needs skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held manage digital libraries skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held use databases skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held manage digital identity optional
- optional, not held knowledge base optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held organisational learning optional
- optional, not held create semantic trees optional
- optional, not held analyse big data optional
- optional, not held digitise documents optional
- optional, not held knowledge base optional
- optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held manage digital identity optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
- optional, not held use software for data preservation optional
28 held skills the information manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse library users' queries skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role apply for library funding skill
- not needed by the target role arrange interlibrary loans skill
- not needed by the target role buy new library items skill
- not needed by the target role classify library materials skill
- not needed by the target role collection management knowledge
- not needed by the target role confer with library colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role digital curation knowledge
- not needed by the target role draw up professional texts skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate library materials skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage human resources skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role music and video industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate library contracts skill
- not needed by the target role organise information skill
- not needed by the target role participate in school programs on libraries skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide library information skill
- not needed by the target role supervise daily library operations skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role types of literature genres knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held corporate sustainability required
- required, not held data quality assessment required
- optional, not held organisational learning optional
- optional, not held knowledge base optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.