LAIS User Guide
30 July 2010
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) has developed a User Guide to support practitioners, managers and HR specialists to make the most of the National Occupational Standards for the Libraries, Archives and Information Services sector. The online guide, available on our website at www.lluk.org/3543, demonstrates how to make the most of this freely available, easily accessible resource.
The Standards are practical resource tools with the ability to support staff at every level of the workforce. NOS can be used to support the full range of human resource development activities. Flexible, free of cost, easily obtained and with the potential to significantly reduce the time, money and effort spent undertaking regular work-related tasks, a growing number of individuals and organisations now stand testimony to the rewards that they can bring in terms of reducing workload, improving effectiveness, reducing resource expenditure and focusing the industry
The User Guide provides a clear introduction to the standards explaining how they can be used and providing examples of how they can be applied in the work place. The guide includes a series of step by step guides which show how you can use the NOS to create job descriptions, induct new staff, develop a role profile, identify personal development needs, establish a framework for performance management and support organisational change.
We are currently reviewing the NOS for libraries, archives, information services and record management to ensure that they reflect the latest developments and properly serve the needs of those in the sector.
The User Guide was developed by LLUK and funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), CyMAL and the Scottish Library and Information Council.
The User Guide is also available in Welsh at http://www.lluk.org/welsh/3543.htm.
