Skills
34 skills are associated with this occupation.
0 skills selected
Essential knowledge
4 skills
Essential skills / competences
14 skills
Optional knowledge
3 skills
Optional skills / competences
13 skills
Overview
Library managers run library services, departments, staff training, budgets, collections, equipment use and user-facing information work.
In job descriptions, look for digital libraries, budgets, staff management, library contracts, collection management, user queries, database use, interlibrary loans, library funding and change projects.
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Library management combines public service, collection responsibility, staff leadership and budget control. The work can cover digital services, equipment use, departments, user needs, contracts and funding applications.
Skills and specialization
Useful depth includes collection management, databases, interlibrary loans, staff recruitment, change management and the ability to turn user queries into service priorities.
Salary context
Salary context is shaped by library size, budget responsibility, number of staff, digital-service scope, contract work and accountability for public-facing services.
Career paths
Career movement can come from librarian work, collection coordination or team leadership into branch management, service development, digital library management or regional library coordination.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names budget, staff, collection scope, digital systems, opening hours and community service expectations. A clear advert separates management from a specialist librarian-only post.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial occupation context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Professional services managers not elsewhere classified (1349)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/24d39e12-e104-49d3-8224-8b7a5f9b99d1 |
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| ESCO code | 1349.16 |
| ISCO group | 1349 |
| Concept type | Occupation |