# Market evidence report — library-manager

Source: **44 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 31, gb 13), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-15.
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## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 30 | 68 % |
| lead | 10 | 23 % |
| senior | 4 | 9 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Integrated Library System (ILS) | 3 | 7 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 7 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 7 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 7 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | staff supervision | 15 | 34 % |
| 2 | collection development | 12 | 27 % |
| 3 | strategic planning | 11 | 25 % |
| 4 | program development | 10 | 23 % |
| 5 | budget management | 9 | 20 % |
| 6 | data analysis | 9 | 20 % |
| 7 | customer service | 8 | 18 % |
| 8 | personnel management | 8 | 18 % |
| 9 | cataloging | 7 | 16 % |
| 10 | program planning | 7 | 16 % |
| 11 | collection management | 6 | 14 % |
| 12 | grant writing | 6 | 14 % |
| 13 | library management | 6 | 14 % |
| 14 | library operations management | 6 | 14 % |
| 15 | staff management | 6 | 14 % |
| 16 | budget development | 5 | 11 % |
| 17 | budgeting | 5 | 11 % |
| 18 | community outreach | 5 | 11 % |
| 19 | fundraising | 5 | 11 % |
| 20 | policy development | 5 | 11 % |
| 21 | budget preparation | 4 | 9 % |
| 22 | library administration | 4 | 9 % |
| 23 | policy implementation | 4 | 9 % |
| 24 | reference services | 4 | 9 % |
| 25 | financial management | 3 | 7 % |
| 26 | leadership | 3 | 7 % |
| 27 | materials selection | 3 | 7 % |
| 28 | outreach | 3 | 7 % |
| 29 | performance evaluation | 3 | 7 % |
| 30 | performance management | 3 | 7 % |
| 31 | staff development | 3 | 7 % |
| 32 | staff training | 3 | 7 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strategic planning | 6 | 14 % |
| 2 | community engagement | 5 | 11 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report preparation | 8 | 18 % |
| 2 | staff supervision | 8 | 18 % |
| 3 | staff training | 7 | 16 % |
| 4 | material selection | 6 | 14 % |
| 5 | community outreach | 5 | 11 % |
| 6 | facility maintenance | 5 | 11 % |
| 7 | collection maintenance | 4 | 9 % |
| 8 | customer service delivery | 4 | 9 % |
| 9 | branch operation management | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | budget monitoring | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | community engagement | 3 | 7 % |
| 12 | library leadership | 3 | 7 % |
| 13 | library operation management | 3 | 7 % |
| 14 | policy enforcement | 3 | 7 % |
| 15 | policy implementation | 3 | 7 % |
| 16 | program development | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | program implementation | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | staff leadership | 3 | 7 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 44 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

31 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- staff supervision — 42 % (13 ads)
- collection development — 26 % (8 ads)
- customer service — 23 % (7 ads)
- budget management — 19 % (6 ads)
- data analysis — 19 % (6 ads)
- program development — 19 % (6 ads)
- strategic planning — 19 % (6 ads)
- cataloging — 16 % (5 ads)
- policy development — 16 % (5 ads)
- community outreach — 13 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Office — 10 % (3 ads)
- integrated library systems (ILS) — 6 % (2 ads)
- library computers — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 71 % · lead 23 % · senior 6 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 13 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Library Director | 8 |
| Library Manager | 4 |
| Library Branch Manager | 2 |
| Adult Library Information Services Manager | 1 |
| Assistant Community Library Manager | 1 |
| Assistant Community Library Manager - Far Rockaway | 1 |
| Branch Library Leader & Acting Manager | 1 |
| Branch Library Manager Lead Public Service & Team Growth | 1 |
| Branch Library Manager: Lead Programs & Community Impact | 1 |
| Comm/Neighborhood Library Mgr | 1 |
| Community Assistant Branch Manager (Librarian II) | 1 |
| Executive Director - Baltimore County Public Library (MD) | 1 |
| Head of and - university library | 1 |
| Innovative Library Resource Center Manager | 1 |
| Library - Technology Library Manager | 1 |
| Library Access Services Manager - Siena University | 1 |
| Library Assistant Branch Manager | 1 |
| Library Director: Strategy, Growth & Community Engagement | 1 |
| Library Manager II | Sarasota County | Handshake | 1 |
| Library Operations Lead | 1 |
| Library Resources Manager | 1 |
| LibraryLinkNJ Technology Advisory Group is hiring: Director - Florham Park Libra | 1 |
| Managing Librarian, Bronx Library Center | 1 |
| Public Services Manager - Jefferson County Public Library | 1 |
| Regional Assistant Branch Manager (Librarian III) | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.