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

librariantoinformation manager

A librarian already meets 39% of what the information manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From librarian
39%
Overlap1
To information manager
11 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
63.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.5/ 100

1 Share of the information manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the librarian 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 information manager role treats 7 of its required skills as things a librarian already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess informational needs
  • copyright legislation
  • develop solutions to information issues
  • manage digital libraries
  • manage information access aids
  • perform customer management

What stands in the way is 10 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 information manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a librarian 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 7 the information manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse information systems required
  • required, not held evaluate project plans required
  • required, not held manage data required
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop organisational information goals required
  • required, not held develop information standards required
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held corporate sustainability required
  • required, not held data quality assessment required
  • optional, not held organisational learning optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held cooperate to resolve information issues required
  • required, not held design information system required
05 working with computers 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform data mining required
  • optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
06 core skills and competences 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage digital identity optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a information manager 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 copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held develop solutions to information issues skill
  • already held manage digital libraries skill
  • already held manage information access aids skill
  • already held perform customer management skill
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held create semantic trees skill
  • already held digitise documents skill
  • already held use databases skill
  • already held use software for data preservation skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held organisational learning optional
  • optional, not held analyse big data optional
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
  • optional, not held maintain information network hardware optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held manage digital identity optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
43 held skills the information manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse library users' queries skill
  • not needed by the target role apply for library funding skill
  • not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange interlibrary loans skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in library facility planning skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the organisation of school events skill
  • not needed by the target role assist students with library operations skill
  • not needed by the target role buy new library items skill
  • not needed by the target role classify library materials skill
  • not needed by the target role collection management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role compile library lists skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct scholarly research skill
  • not needed by the target role confer with library colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate educational programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role develop classification systems skill
  • not needed by the target role digital curation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draw up professional texts skill
  • not needed by the target role escort students on a field trip skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate information services using metrics skill
  • not needed by the target role guarantee students' safety skill
  • not needed by the target role information governance compliance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role literature knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain library equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
  • not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role music and video industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role musical genres knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate library contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role organise information skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee extra-curricular activities skill
  • not needed by the target role perform playground surveillance skill
  • not needed by the target role post-secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide library information skill
  • not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge

3 further entries not listed here

4 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 corporate sustainability required
  • required, not held data quality assessment required
  • optional, not held organisational learning optional
  • optional, not held knowledge base optional
Index

Other moves recorded from librarian

Full index of moves from librarian

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.