library managertoarchivist
A library manager already meets 20% of what the archivist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
20%
77.7/ 100
1 Share of the archivist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the library 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 this move works
A archivist role treats 2 of its required skills as things a library manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- collection management
- manage digital archives
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A archivist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a library manager background worth leading with.
- already held collection management social sciences, journalism and information
- already held digital curation social sciences, journalism and information
- already held manage human resources management skills
- already held manage digital archives information skills
- already held use databases working with computers
- already held recruit employees management skills
All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the archivist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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.
- required, not held appraise historical documents required
- required, not held create semantic trees required
- required, not held facilitate access to information required
- required, not held perform records management required
- required, not held study a collection required
- optional, not held develop classification systems optional
- optional, not held manage information access aids optional
- required, not held aid archive users with their enquiries required
- required, not held respect data protection principles required
- optional, not held perform customer management optional
- required, not held contextualise records collection required
- required, not held write scientific publications required
- required, not held manage archive users guidelines required
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- required, not held conservation techniques required
- required, not held store archival documents required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a archivist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 aid archive users with their enquiries skill · occupation specific
- 02 appraise historical documents skill · occupation specific
- 03 contextualise records collection skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held collection management knowledge
- already held manage digital archives skill
- already held digital curation knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage human resources skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held use databases skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held digitization required
- optional, not held digitise documents optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held use software for data preservation optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop classification systems optional
- optional, not held manage information access aids optional
- optional, not held coordinate educational programmes optional
- optional, not held digitise documents optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held perform customer management optional
- optional, not held use software for data preservation optional
27 held skills the archivist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse library users' queries skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role apply for library funding skill
- not needed by the target role arrange interlibrary loans skill
- not needed by the target role assess informational needs 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 confer with library colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role draw up professional texts skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate library materials skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage digital libraries skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role music and video industry 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 participate in school programs on libraries skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide library information skill
- not needed by the target role supervise daily library operations skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role types of literature genres knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held conservation techniques required
- required, not held digitization required
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.