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The efficient library : ten simple changes that save time and improve service / Elizabeth Barrera Rush.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, [2020]Description: xiv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440869815
  • 1440869812
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part I: Creating an Efficient Library -- Regain Your Evenings and Weekends -- How to Become the Best Evaluator of What You Do -- Addressing Fears and Misconceptions of What Efficiency Will Bring -- Wise Uses of Newfound Time -- Part II: Ten Simple Changes -- Organize Your Desk -- Analyze Daily Routines -- Create Routines for Purchasing and Receiving -- Create a Receiving, Processing, Repair Station -- Implement Procedures for Effective Communication -- Manage Storage and Reordering of Supplies -- Analyze Causes of Stressors and Take Precautions -- Weed and Clear the Library Space -- Reconfigure the Library Space -- Prepare for Refurnishing, Renovating, Remodeling, or New Construction.
Summary: "This guide helps librarians improve service with easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to make physical changes in library space and streamline procedures"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This guide helps librarians improve service with easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to make physical changes in library space and streamline procedures.

This librarian's guide provides recommendations for quick and easy implementation of space-improving, time-saving practices. It also discusses the fundamentals of business and engineering management, public health, and other disciplines as they directly relate to the improvement of library service and management.

Detailing free and affordable adjustments to the library environment as well as information for those who will participate in a renovation or new construction project, the book features tips for creating functional, efficient, and productive spaces; procedures for streamlining routine tasks; methods for arranging materials in high demand; and ways of reconfiguring or planning spaces. It will provide librarians with a working knowledge of process management that will help them to strengthen their competence and build confidence to address and troubleshoot problems, freeing them to engage in more meaningful interactions and activities that benefit the community.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Creating an Efficient Library -- Regain Your Evenings and Weekends -- How to Become the Best Evaluator of What You Do -- Addressing Fears and Misconceptions of What Efficiency Will Bring -- Wise Uses of Newfound Time -- Part II: Ten Simple Changes -- Organize Your Desk -- Analyze Daily Routines -- Create Routines for Purchasing and Receiving -- Create a Receiving, Processing, Repair Station -- Implement Procedures for Effective Communication -- Manage Storage and Reordering of Supplies -- Analyze Causes of Stressors and Take Precautions -- Weed and Clear the Library Space -- Reconfigure the Library Space -- Prepare for Refurnishing, Renovating, Remodeling, or New Construction.

"This guide helps librarians improve service with easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to make physical changes in library space and streamline procedures"-- Provided by publisher.

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