Responding to Rapid Change in Libraries A User Experience Approach

Library leaders can ensure their institutions stay ahead of rapid change and increasing service expectations with the strategies, tools, and holistic approach presented in this book.In the face of rapid change and an ever-widening constellation of challenges, it's crucial for library leaders to pull back to the question of "why?" Plotting a sustainable way forward depends upon recommitting ourselves to our underlying values, such as customer service and community-building, while fostering the improvements that change makes possible. With passion, patience, and fortitude, libraries can stride confidently into the future. In this book, noted speakers and consultants Bignoli and Stara speak directly to library directors, managers, administrators, and technology staff, offering concrete guidance on setting or resetting strategic priorities. Taking an interconnected and specific approach to planning for and strengthening the library environment as a whole, their bookdiscusses why libraries should embrace change as a fundamental part of library life; explores how to harness rapid change to provide more responsive, user-centered library service;addresses the ways in which libraries straddle the physical and the digital, in areas such as service provision and collections, illuminating how they overlap and can be improved using similar philosophies;presents both a comprehensive overview of library technologies as well as related team and change management advice, all grounded in user experience principles;shows how the concepts of sustainability and flexibility apply to physical space planning and design, from furniture selection and arrangement to infrastructure; andprovides sound guidance on project management, problem solving, preparing for future challenges, personal reflection and self-care, and other leadership topics.

ISBN:	9780838948354
Publisher:	American Library Association
Imprint:	ALA Editions
Published date:	30 Nov 2020
DEWEY:	027
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xii, 124
Weight:	195g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	8mm

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