Get out of the library

Sir Muir Gray, Director of the National Library for Health, highlighted the opportunities for librarians in the launch this week of the parntership between Bournemouth University and Partnerships in Health Information.  Every organisation needs, he said, a CKO and each CKO needs to be supported by a librarian.  "Knowledge needs to be managed better than we manage money".  Sandra Ward from TFPL explored with other delelgates , over a glass of wine, why librarians should 'support' the CKO rather than 'be' the CKO.   While some delegates felt that librarians need more skills in order to take those roles, Sandra and I feel that librarians have those skills - they just need to do it.