so you want to be a librarian
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So you want to be a librarian. City University LibraryTRANSCRIPT
So you want to be a
librarian?
Academic librarianship in a cold climate.Máire Lanigan
City University, Director of Information Services and Libraries
Overview
• Higher education: a challenging environment
• The position of libraries in HE• What libraries do . . .• What does this mean for the newly
qualified librarian?
• Money, money, money . . .• Competition• Scholarly communications• Technology• Space
Higher education: challenge and opportunities
The position of Libraries in HE
• Russell Group, RLUK, Old, New, Guild• Standalone, converged, super-converged• Institutional alignment:
education, research, enterprise
What libraries do . . .
• Reader and public services• Technical services• Academic and research services• Archives, special collections, museums • Management
Reader and public services
• The Library as Place• Enquiry services• Self service not fofo
Technical services
• Print, e and copyright• The LMS• Partnership management, outsourcing
and shared services
Academic and research services
• Relationships: academics and researchers• Developing independent lifelong learners• Institutional repositories:
having impact
Management
• Strategic and operational planning• Quality, benchmarking, accountability• Resource management • People and relationship management• Innovation
So what does this mean for you..?
• Baseline skills• Teamwork and flexibility • Communications• IT skills• Information competence • Employability skills
So what does this mean for you..?
• Differentiating skills • Pedagogy• Innovator• Educational technology• Finance and
resource manager• People manager• Strategist• Authenticity…
My story… Starting out and moving on
• Motivation, bursaries and work• Complexity, applied and abstract knowledge• Ad hoc approach plenty of interesting
jobs• Getting serious –building a career
My story… what worked…
• Being engaged in the work• Movement, passion and networks• Luck (making your own good fortune)
…and what I would have done differently
•More broadly based – ‘badge of honour’•Balancing being ‘right’ and being persuasive•Mastering new skills
Thank you for listening.
Comments and questions.