Skill 1: How politics can change your library

No, I'm not talking about our country's politics! Here is the Library Journal's first tip on the top skills needed for tomorrow's librarians:

For school librarians, this means dealing with organisational politics: ensuring budgets are appropriate and are met; keeping the pressure on management to ensure library services are continually seen as vital, and not as a nice-to-have; and flying the library flag high so that all stakeholders know what these services are.