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November 20, 2006
Management Training for public libraries
Somebody tell me I am wrong. What has emerged on the blog today, for the first time, to my knowledge, is that there is no management trainng specifically for managers of the public library service.
That means no accountancy practice, no financial planning, no cost analysis, no marketing, no market research; no budgeting; no HR, no public relations; no negotiation practice, no presentational skills, no report writing skills, no decision making skills; no discussion of local and national government; no legal affairs; no management structures, no investment appraisal; no strategic planning; no training of trainers, no buying skills; no systems skills; no discussion of how publishing works; how children learn; English and world literature; how archives work etc etc etc.
Can this be right? If it is true, we need to put this right --and quickly.
This is a £1.2bn pa revenue cost public service industry and a national asset worth about £5bn (Twice the price today of the London Stock Exchange!) and nobody is trained to operate and care for it?
Posted by Tim Coates at November 20, 2006 6:27 PM