Efficiency by Design - Transforming Libraries and Archives through Process Management

This book offers library and archive professionals a comprehensive guide to optimizing processes, with a focus on improving efficiency, speed, effectiveness, and reliability.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1: What Is a Process?
Chapter 2: Strategic Assessment
Chapter 3: The People Side of Process
Chapter 4: Understanding Current Processes
Chapter 5: Tools in Process Redesign
Chapter 6: Workflow Redesign Principles
Chapter 7: Automation in Libraries and Archives
Chapter 8: Implementation and Maintenance
Chapter 9: Reporting Up and Out
Index
About the Author

About the author

Joy M. Perrin is the Digital Initiatives Librarian at the Texas Tech University Libraries. She holds a Master of Library Science from the University of North Texas. Ms. Perrin has 22 years’ experience in libraries and is the author of the book Digitizing Flat Media: Principles and Practices (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). Today, Joy is a tenured faculty member at Texas Tech University and the head of the Digital Resources Unit at the Texas Tech University Libraries.

Product details

• Authors: Joy M Perrin, Perrin Joy M.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 18.09.2025
• EAN: 9781538188767
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8876-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Illustrations: 17 bw illus
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Library & information services, Library and information services, Library, archive and information management, Library, Archive & Information Management