Te Tōtara Capability Framework is for strengthening a diverse library and information workforce. LIANZA supports and empowers library and information kaimahi in their career development.
Our library and information sector will grow and strengthen with a knowledgeable, flexible, diverse workforce. Continued learning and development as an individual, a team and team leader is the way forward.
Take your own journey to find out where your strengths lie and where you have areas to grow. Take a team leader journey to support your team in working on a shared goal. Take a strategic journey as recruiters and planners.
Our library and information sector will grow and strengthen with a knowledgeable, flexible, diverse workforce. Continued learning and development as an individual, a team and team leader is the way forward.
Take your own journey to find out where your strengths lie and where you have areas to grow. Take a team leader journey to support your team in working on a shared goal. Take a strategic journey as recruiters and planners.
Rachel Fisher says Te Tōtara “gave me a framework to work off rather than my own self-created framework. And if everyone has the same framework, then expectations are clear. People have a clear pathway to grow.”
“A critical point for me was to develop a business-as-usual development culture. It means that staff could start seeing work in libraries not just as a job, but as a career.”
Just like the forest, your workbook will continue to change and grow as you do.
You don't have to complete all of the elements and sections in one sitting, you can choose to do a section at a time.
For a comprehensive approach to your self-assessment, download the Taku Tōtara Workbook and, starting with Section A and B, work your way through the capabilities and then create your goals. Remember, the expectation of your capability level depends on your role, department or the organisation you work in. The goal is not be an expert in every capability identified in the framework.
Ngā paiaka - the roots containing the kaupapa (about 20 minutes)
Te tīwai - the trunk containing ethics and context (about 10 minutes)
Ngā rūhā - the branches containing capability groups (about 90 minutes)
Te rau hinga - the fallen leaves containing reflection and evaluation (about 30 minutes)
Then summarising this into your plan for the year (about 30 minutes)
