The customer-focused library : re-inventing the library from the outside-in / Joseph R. Matthews.

Encourages public libraries to update traditions, collections, and services to better reflect the customer's perspective; and discusses building design ideas, hiring guidelines, merchandising, Web sites, troubleshooting, and related topics.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthews, Joseph R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, [2009]
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Table of Contents:
  • Traditional library thinking
  • The constraints of tradition
  • It's all about the customer
  • Library as place
  • The library collection
  • Library services
  • Information technology
  • Library staffing
  • Removing the shackles of tradition.