Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

information managertolibrarian

A information manager already meets 23% of what the librarian role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From information manager
23%
Overlap1
To librarian
11 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
79.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

23%

Learning distance A rebuild

79.4/ 100

1 Share of the librarian role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the information manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A librarian role treats 4 of its required skills as things a information manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess informational needs
  • develop solutions to information issues
  • manage digital libraries
  • perform customer management

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A librarian role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a information manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop solutions to information issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage digital libraries working with computers
  • already held manage information access aids information skills
  • already held assess informational needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create semantic trees information skills
  • already held use software for data preservation working with computers

All 11 carried skills, including the 4 the librarian role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 43 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 4 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held evaluate information services using metrics required
  • required, not held analyse library users' queries required
  • required, not held classify library materials required
  • required, not held conduct scholarly research required
  • optional, not held apply for library funding optional
  • optional, not held compile library lists optional
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held organise information optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held buy new library items required
  • required, not held negotiate library contracts required
  • optional, not held confer with library colleagues optional
  • optional, not held draw up professional texts optional
  • optional, not held select new library items to acquire optional
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held information governance compliance required
  • required, not held collection management required
  • optional, not held digital curation optional
  • optional, not held digitization optional
04 management skills 1 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held arrange interlibrary loans required
  • optional, not held assist in library facility planning optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held supervise daily library operations optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
  • optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
  • optional, not held manage human resources optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held provide library information required
  • optional, not held assist students with library operations optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held guarantee students' safety optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
06 education 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a librarian role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess informational needs skill
  • already held develop solutions to information issues skill
  • already held manage digital libraries skill
  • already held perform customer management skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held create semantic trees skill
  • already held digitise documents skill
  • already held manage information access aids skill
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held use databases skill
  • already held use software for data preservation skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held music and video industry optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
09 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain library equipment optional
32 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist students with library operations optional
  • optional, not held digital curation optional
  • optional, not held apply for library funding optional
  • optional, not held assist in library facility planning optional
  • optional, not held compile library lists optional
  • optional, not held confer with library colleagues optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic educational activities optional
  • optional, not held develop classification systems optional
  • optional, not held draw up professional texts optional
  • optional, not held maintain library equipment optional
  • optional, not held manage digital archives optional
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held select new library items to acquire optional
  • optional, not held supervise daily library operations optional
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
  • optional, not held digitization optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held guarantee students' safety optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
  • optional, not held manage human resources optional
  • optional, not held music and video industry optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
  • optional, not held organise information optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held perform playground surveillance optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
19 held skills the librarian role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse information systems skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate to resolve information issues skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate sustainability knowledge
  • not needed by the target role data quality assessment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design information system skill
  • not needed by the target role develop information standards skill
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational information goals skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate project plans skill
  • not needed by the target role knowledge base knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain information network hardware skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital identity skill
  • not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
  • not needed by the target role organisational learning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise daily information operations skill
13 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held information governance compliance required
  • required, not held collection management required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
  • optional, not held digital curation optional
  • optional, not held post-secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held digitization optional
  • optional, not held kindergarten school procedures optional
  • optional, not held literature optional
  • optional, not held music and video industry optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
  • optional, not held primary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held secondary school procedures optional
  • optional, not held types of literature genres optional
Index

Other moves recorded from information manager

Full index of moves from information manager

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.