Hi Gareth,
In what way is the one-stop-shop manager not responsible for every
single person in the community that the council (not just the library)
served?
Having experience of both I can see the case for a rough parity between
a library service manager and a one-stop-shop service manager (both
services are bedevilled by the confusion between services and
buildings), depending on variations in size and range of services
delivered at the service points involved. I don't think a superiority
can or should be assumed by the library manager.
Steven
Steven Heywood
Systems Manager
Wheatsheaf Library
Baillie Street
Rochdale
OL16 1JZ
Tel: 01706 924967
http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/libraries
http://libraries.rochdale.gov.uk
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From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries
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Sent: 07 November 2010 18:58
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Subject: Re: Should a community library manager be qualified at
strategic management level
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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