As part of our best value review I have been asked to find out about
staffing structures in other library authorities. In the past few years we
have lost most of our senior management who had direct responsibility for
libraries. We have recently moved from an Education directorate to Leisure
and Lifelong Learning. Libraries and community education have been linked
under one operational manager where no links existed previously. We are
left with a Central Library Manager, Childrens and Schools Librarian, Branch
Libraries Manager and Stock Manager. Below this level we have departmental
librarians in the Central Library, and 16 branch librarians in the
community. All our admin department has been absorbed into County Hall.
This structure is very much geographically based and allows no flexibility
for service development. Has anyone out there re-structured recently on
service delivery lines eg. social inclusion librarian, homework clubs
co-ordinator, early years development officer, e.government officer, reader
development services, lifelong learning officer, staff and public training
development officer etc??? Any examples of structures you consider
successful and workable and which reflect the changing role of libraries and
librarians would be gratefully received. Some idea of grades would be
helpful.
Thanks very much.
Elspeth Morris.
Cardiff Libraries and Information Service
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