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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.
List of contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One Creating an Efficient Library
Chapter 1Regain Your Evenings and Weekends
Chapter 2How to Become the Best Evaluator of What You Do
Chapter 3Addressing Fears and Misconceptions of What Efficiency Will Bring
Chapter 4Wise Uses of Newfound Time
Part Two Ten Simple Changes
Chapter 5Change #1: Organize Your Desk
Chapter 6Change #2: Analyze Daily Routines
Chapter 7Change #3: Create Routines for Purchasing and Receiving
Chapter 8Change #4: Create a Receiving, Processing, Repair Station
Chapter 9Change #5: Implement Procedures for Effective Communication
Chapter 10Change #6: Manage Storage and Reordering of Supplies
Chapter 11Change #7: Analyze Causes of Stressors and Take Precautions
Chapter 12Change #8: Weed and Clear the Library Space
Chapter 13Change #9: Reconfigure the Library Space
Chapter 14Change #10: Prepare for Refurnishing, Renovating, Remodeling, or New Construction
Conclusion
Index
About the author
Elizabeth Barrera Rush is a library specialist for Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, TX, providing support and training for elementary and secondary librarians district-wide.
