Overview of the Library - our people
The expertise of our people is recognised throughout the world. We blend the best of traditional library and curatorial skills with the new competencies needed in today’s rapidly changing and increasingly digital environment.
Numbers
Our total staff complement is over 2,300, evenly split between London and Boston Spa in Yorkshire.
Expertise
Our people are specialists in many fields, including scientific, social science and humanities disciplines, sound engineering, systems architecture, business analysis, marketing, web technologies, cataloguing, conservation and the display
and interpretation of the collection to provide inspiration for all our audiences.
Modernisation
We have incorporated modern management practices and techniques in our working life.
- Embedded competency-based performance management
- Actively developed our existing skills base
- Complemented our strengths by recruiting change management and strategic skills from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors
- Put respect for diversity at the heart of our HR practices
