The task of organizing material and making it accessible to a constituency is no longer the totality of academic librarianship – nor is it a straightforward undertaking – and collecting material in a variety of formats represents, for the contributors in this section, only one aspect of the profession. Understanding campus culture and politics (and employing that understanding wisely), communicating across disciplinary boundaries and administrative zones, shepherding projects to completion, staffing and supervising, understanding the information-seeking behaviour of library users, managing change and planning programmes for the purposes of outreach and public relations. Some or all of these feature prominently in the set of responsibilities of the responsive and successful art and design librarian. Library science education has evolved over the past two decades, mostly in response to the cosmic shift from print and analogue to digital formats, but library science education remains heavily theoretical nonetheless. As a result, most of us have little formal training or in depth practical education in key administrative roles, such as budget manager, accreditation self-study co-ordinator, public relations writer or project manager. The following chapters outline key aspects of many of these roles and offer step-by-step guidance and keys to success.