The Possibilities of Horizontal Career Development and the Changing Roles of Librarians
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The document discusses the changing roles of librarians and the possibility of horizontal career development through task rotation and job exchange. It argues that horizontal career development can help librarians stay in control of changes in the profession by developing new skills. A survey found that library administrators were interested in staff exchange but doubted the practical implementation. Benefits included diversified skills, flexibility, growth and understanding between staff. The conclusion is that task rotation and exchange are compatible with the library's values and could include internal rotation or short international exchanges.
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The Possibilities of Horizontal Career Development and the Changing Roles of Librarians
- 1. The Possibilities of Horizontal Career Development and the Changing Roles of Librarians 10th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 11th-16th of September 2006 Tuulevi Ovaska Kuopio University Library & Kuopio University Hospital Medical Library Kuopio, Finland
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- To find out more about the attitudes of the supervisors I interviewed the library administrators and department heads. All of them were personally interested in exchange, mostly to another university in Finland or abroad. They all have a positive attitude to the rotation of the staff, though one of the supervisors was doubtful about the chances of the practical implementations of the mobility idea. Here I would like to share Gail V. Oltmanns[i] opinion of libraries too often focusing on getting the work done rather than on the needs of the customers, the development of the staff, and the anticipation of future needs. I also find it important that especially those staff members who have little or no working experience in other libraries, could be activated even into short periods of change. According to Finnish law, it is permitted to move a civil servant into another position or into another civil service department, or even to work for another employer than the state. In addition, and according to the official reports and committee deliberations, rotation and exchange as a means of staff development, emphasize know-how and performance. It is also consistent with the new salary system of Finnish universities which is believed and hyped to motivate, emphasize performance, based on demands and competence better than the current system. As the new system is not yet enforced there is no experience of how well these two would cohere in practice.