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Responsible for all aspects of the public library service in South Tyneside including strategic planning and development, budgets and performance management.

Works with the Senior Managers to oversee the
day-to-day running of our eight libraries.

My responsibility is to co-ordinate the planning and development of the Library Service. I work closely with the Libraries Manager to represent the Service.

Current projects include the Best Value Review of the Service, setting up Library Access Points and helping prepare our bid for Government finance for the new InfoStore.

I am responsible for public library services for children and young people right across the borough, through the specialist team based in Flick at the Central Library, and branches, and for the many fun and educational activities we run, from Baby Bouncing to Homework Support and Chatterbooks groups.

I am responsible for managing adult services in the Lending Library, branches, Sight and Sound and the Home Readers' Service.

My special task is to encourage people who do not use their libraries to come in and see what we can do for them.

I am responsible for ICT within South Tyneside libraries, which includes the management and implementation of e-government, the People's Network and the Library Management System.

I also have responsibility for the management of the audiovisual and book fund, and the work of the Support Services department whose core function is to provide a co-ordinating and supporting role for all libraries and departments with regard to stock.

I manage the Reference and Information Services in South Tyneside Libraries.

Although all Branch Libraries have small Reference Collections and People's Network computers the major Reference and Local History Collections and the Learning Centre(22 PCs) are housed in the Central Library in South Shields serviced by specialist staff.