RLUK Digital Shift Forum | Designing research library talent strategy for 2030 - Tony Zanders
Channel: ResearchLibrariesUK
Date: 30/09/2021

RLUK’s Digital Shift Forum brings together colleagues from across the information, research, cultural and heritage communities, and third and commercial sectors, to discuss the future of the digital shift in collections, services, and audiences. 

The series aims to promote cross-sector discussion and debate, to enable knowledge exchange, and inspire collaborative endeavour across sectors and communities, for the benefit of RLUK members and the wider research and information management communities. More information can be found at https://www.rluk.ac.uk/dsf/

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Future-proofing the research library: Designing talent strategy for 2030 and beyond
Tony Zanders, Founder and CEO, Skilltype 

In a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic made the handbook for operating research libraries obsolete. Austerity measures, coupled with sudden demand for specialised skills, placed talent strategy under a microscope as organisations worked to provide service continuity. The result was not a mere reshuffling of existing personnel, but a radical rethinking of library services in a digital-first scholarly experience. Award-winning software entrepreneur and library technology executive, Tony Zanders, discusses the state of library talent management in the fourth industrial revolution. He provides an international scan of the key movements, challenges, and opportunities leaders are witnessing within the skills landscape. Observations on how our workforce is changing, and how it needs to change further ware also shared.