RLUK22 | Looking ahead for the library workforce
Channel: ResearchLibrariesUK
Date: 2022-03-17

RLUK22 Conference
https://www.rluk.ac.uk/
https://rlukconference.com/

Chaired by Nancy Graham, Associate Director: Collections and Academic Services, London School of Economics

Ready for the Revolution? Realising a Digital Workforce Development Strategy
William J Nixon, Assistant Director, University of Glasgow
Fiona Courage, Assistant Director, University of Sussex

This Digital Workforce Development Strategy provides a framework for RLUK members to reflect and to look ahead to managing their digital workforce development along twin but complementary strands: recruitment of new staff and the upskilling and ongoing development of existing staff. It is set in the wider context of the new RLUK Strategy and is informed both by the experience of RLUK libraries and a wider horizon scan of workforce development in libraries. This presentation provides an overview of the vision for the strategy, set out its wider context and approach and highlight the next steps. It also highlights a digital skills framework which can support workforce development and provides key recommendations for Research Libraries.


‘Position descriptions over the pond’: the experience and early results of RLUK’s onboarding into the ARLPD Bank
Matt Greenhall, Deputy Executive Director, RLUK
Laurie Taylor, Senior Director for Library Technology & Digital Strategies, University of Florida

This presentation showcases the early results from RLUK onboarding to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Position Description (PD) Bank. The presentation will explore the similarities and differences between how North American and UK research libraries approach key competencies and skills, both as a community and as institutions.

In doing so, this presentation will address the following questions:

What is the ARL PD Bank?
What has the onboarding involved for RLUK institutions?
What has this process taught us about the nature of competencies required by research libraries on both sides of the Atlantic?
What collaborative opportunities exist between research libraries to further explore the sharing of competencies?