[Publib] assistant directors

[Ann Perrigo]

 <<we implemented middle managers for the first time and about 6
months ago replaced our administrative assistant.>>

Mary--Could you expand on this a bit?  What do you mean by middle managers,
and did you replace your aa with another one, or move his/her workload to
someone else?

Our library has just officially become a District (laws in Mich and IL must
be similar) and we are considering adding an aa to ease my workload and
allow me to do more collection development, program planning, etc.

Years ago here the Reference Librarian was traditionally Assistant Director
and second in responsibility, in charge when director was out of the
building, etc.  Now there is nobody officially designated--I just expect the
staff to act like a team, and do what needs to be done when I'm gone!  Most
of the time this works just fine!

Ann

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Mary Soucie <mjsoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org
> wrote:

> 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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>
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>
-- 
Ann Perrigo, Director
Allegan (MI) District Library
annatapl at gmail.com
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