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Streamlining Library Services: What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, and How We Can Do It Better Book

Streamlining Library Services: What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, and How We Can Do It Better
Streamlining Library Services: What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, and How We Can Do It Better, Despite technologies, many basic library activities still lend themselves to analysis and improvement. Author Richard Dougherty provides numerous examples and easy-to-apply tools and techniques that can be used to analyze what libraries are doing, how the, Streamlining Library Services: What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, and How We Can Do It Better has a rating of 2.5 stars
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  • Streamlining Library Services: What We Do, How Much Time It Takes, What It Costs, and How We Can Do It Better
  • Written by author Richard M. Dougherty
  • Published by The Scarecrow Press, Inc., February 2008
  • Despite technologies, many basic library activities still lend themselves to analysis and improvement. Author Richard Dougherty provides numerous examples and easy-to-apply tools and techniques that can be used to analyze what libraries are doing, how the
  • Librarianship is a service profession and not a bottom-line oriented business. As such, librarians don't normally assign a high priority to efficiency of operations; however, opportunities to improve daily jobs and enhance services are being overlooked ev
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List of Figures     v
Preamble     ix
Preface     xi
Acknowledgements     xvii
Looking Backward, Looking Forward
The Roots of Scientific Management     3
The Impact of Technology: Environments, Productivity, and Staff Roles     7
Diagnosing Problems and Preparing for a Study
Identifying Targets of Opportunity     15
Identifying the Problem: Diagnostic Tools     25
Preparing for a Study     37
What We Do: The Tools
Block Diagram     53
Tools for Process Analysis     57
Check Sheets     57
Work-flow Diagram     63
Flow Process Chart     69
Flow Chart     81
Tools for Special Situations     91
Forms and Templates     109
How Much Time It Takes
Tracking Systems: Throughput/Delay Analysis     123
Self-Administered Diary Studies     127
Work Sampling     135
Direct Time Study     151
How Much It Costs
Costs     165
Post-Study Activities
Assessing Current Activities     187
Designing Streamlined Activities     201
Implementing New Activities     221
Managing Organizational Change     241
Index     261
About the Author     269


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