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Moving into Management
CILIP ARLG – 12 February 2015
Andrew Gray, British Antarctic Survey
[email protected] // @generalising
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background
Nine years as professional librarian
2006-11 school assistant librarian
2011-12 cataloguer, Homerton College
2012-13 project work, British Library
2013- librarian, British Antarctic Survey
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“Penguin with Penguin”; source unknown
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Library, Rothera Base, Antarctica
Library, Rothera Base, Antarctica© Pete Bucktrout, British Antarctic Survey
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small libraries
–different dynamic to large institutions
–broader range of tasks on one desk, more varied experiences
–but less scope for internal progression
–often, progression = new job elsewhere
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problems with this model
– loss of institutional memory
– risk of handover problems/gaps
– “new staff” support often assumes role is familiar but local issues are the concern
– ...but it all worked out okay
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major challenges
Four core aspects to managerial work:
– Finance– Staffing–Projects–Planning & strategy
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finance
– Finance management itself = simple(ish)
–Process & terminology = less so
–Most support informal & ad-hoc
–Greatly helped by limited scope
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projects
– Immediate: open access
–Upcoming: hosting a conference
– Long term: library move & rebuild
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planning
–Developing a long-term plan is hard
– ...and more so when forced externally
– Library inevitably a (very?) minor part of organisation's strategic direction
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preparation
– previous experience\training varied
(in scope & in usefulness...)
– some material entirely new, some reasonably familiar
– scope for experience before entering management
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suggestions
–organise events (you'll swear never again...)
–project management at any scale
– recruitment is a good way to build experience
– all budgetary experience helps!
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Adelie Penguins diving - © Angell Williams