[Publib] assistant directors

[Mary Soucie]

Hi Phalbe,
I have a staff of 15 bodies, 7.5 FTE. We've had an Assistant Director
for about 6 years now. My AD is also the YS Manager. She is in charge of
the building whenever I'm out as well as a variety of other duties. Two
years ago, we implemented middle managers for the first time and about 6
months ago replaced our administrative assistant. Since then, my AD's
job has changed some. She was able to hand off scheduling to each
department for instance. She still oversees the ordering of supplies,
but doesn't have to actually do the ordering anymore. 

Before we had the middle managers, her job was much more extensive. It
was important at that time also for me to have someone to bounce ideas
off of, hand the keys to, etc. 

Our population is officially just over 9200. We are a district library,
which in IL means we are a taxing body and governed by a 7 member board
that is elected by the public. There are a number of libraries similar
in size to me that also have AD's. Some of them have a split job, such
as mine. Others are straight AD's though. In a couple of cases, the AD
was hired for succession planning.

Hope this helps,
Mary 


Mary J. Soucie, MLIS
Library Director
Wilmington Public Library District
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[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Henriksen, Phalbe
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:51 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] assistant directors

Folks,

Eons ago, I learned that a library didn't need an assistant director
until the staff level reached 25.

I think I'm seeing more and more small libraries appoint assistant
directors, and would like to hear from those of you in small libraries
about your staffing level when you decided to hire an assistant
director.

Thanks.

Phalbe Henriksen
Director
Alexander County Library
Taylorsville, NC

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