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For the sector to thrive we have to invest in and support our librarians.
Librarians of the future will be active in their communities, and will encourage people to join their library. Human Resources will need to find a way to nurture current librarians and entice new professionals to the library and information profession.
Key issues for action
- Develop sector leadership to support succession planning
- Increase professional development opportunities
- Ensure libraries have the skillsets they need for the future
- Advocate for pay parity with the general labour market
- Review our qualifications
- Encourage librarians to offer creative and innovative ways to use library spaces, books and other resources
- Ongoing Professional Development courses
- Ensure librarians have the right range of skills and experience to lead their services successfully
- Review qualifications – don’t tweak what we have, reinvent the scheme
- Determine which professionals could compliment the library – then hire them!
- Attract new people by offering the right pay packets
- Radical librarianship to foster a passion within the industry
- Broaden professional registration to drive and catalyse change
- Develop skills to respond to digital developments and to support digital users
Related to
Event
Future of Libraries Summit 2015Description
On July 31st 2015 the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa and Te Rōpū Whakahau co-hosted Taking Libraries to 2025: The Future of Libraries Summit at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.
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Lianza (1st Sep 2015). Human resources. In Website Lianza. Retrieved 19th Mar 2026 17:24, from https://lianza.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/124