The story behind this has its roots in the trend for libraries to be co-located with One-Stop-Shops. Working in one such library with a One-Stop-Shop a few feet opposite the library counter, not sure how we got onto the topic but someone mentioned that One-Stop-Shop staff were paid a lot more than library staff, at which point I asked do you pay a One-Stop-Shop manager more or less than a library manager.
Most people I found actually assumed the One-Stop-Shop manager should be paid more, a more responsible job (or something!). I found myself arguing that while a One-Stop-Shop manager managed admittedly quite complex systems and procedures, the library manager was in fact responsible for every single person in the community that the library served. Some One-Stop-Shops are quite large, but for smaller ones comparable with a community library, I'm not convinced that there is not an argument for a library manager to be a more experienced and capable manager (higher paid essentially).
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