The recruiting of a new librarian can be an excellent time to review the organization chart and revamp position descriptions of existing staff. Careful analysis of current and projected staffing needs can result in a recruiting effort that will produce a truly effective new staff member. Challenging the Supervisors Leadership style is another element that can have a positive impact on efforts to manage technology-driven change. Stability and predictability certainly do not seem to be part of the future of libraries. In such a context, library leaders must attempt to build a staff that is simultaneously capable of meeting present objectives yet flexible enough to function effectively in an uncertain future.
Supervisors can begin by assessing both patron needs and the existing skills of their staff.
When a comparison is developed, it will become possible to identify skill sets that are necessary but not currently represented on the staff. The first two of these elements can be implemented as suggested above. The realignment of services represents a special challenge to supervisors. Libraries offer a tremendous variety of services, and it is usually very difficult to eliminate a particular service altogether. Responses to this challenge have been anticipated.