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November 28, 2006
Training of library professionals
Very enjoyable afternoon yesterday discussing the public library service with post graduate library students at City University. Lots of good questions arising about the future of the service.
However my question is this: these are the two recommendations made by the Culture Select Committee in their report last year. Who is dealing with them and what is happening?
" 38. We recognise and support the profession's moves to train and qualify people from within but we strongly believe the profession must not be complacent. It needs to market itself more effectively and to cast its net more widely among potential recruits
39. The library profession must recognise its shortcomings in this area of leadership and advocacy and plan both to train its staff internallymand to recruit people with appropriate experience from outside the profession. Library leaders of the future need skills, crucially including management skills beyond those that come with a professional librarianship qualification."
Posted by Tim Coates at November 28, 2006 2:26 PM