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The purpose-based library : finding your path to survival, success, and growth / John J. Huber, Steven V. Potter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, An imprint of the American Library Association, 2015Description: 1 online resource (xix, 200 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780838913581
  • 083891358X
  • 9780838913598
  • 0838913598
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Purpose-Based Library : Finding Your Path to Survival, Success, and Growth.DDC classification:
  • 025.1 23
LOC classification:
  • Z678 .H844 2015e
Online resources:
Contents:
Lean library management -- Good morning -- Missions, visions and purpose -- The community pyramid -- A purpose-based community -- Dashboard metrics -- The Food and shelter safety net -- Safety and security -- Health and nutrition -- Functional literacy and access -- Digital literacy and access -- Social community engagement -- Functional skills development -- Community contribution -- Creative expression -- Advancement of knowledge -- Resources -- Value added marketing -- Philanthropy -- Library presentation -- Closing the gap with your supplier and customers -- Structural and environmental sustainability.
Summary: Packed with boots-on-the-ground commentary, this book presents strategies to help libraries survive and succeed.Summary: In a time when libraries are struggling to stay relevant, this guide helps you look more closely at how you are serving clients in ways that continue to be exciting, energizing, and value-driven. It will help you look to a future in which your library is vital in uniting your community and providing a legacy of love of learning.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Packed with boots-on-the-ground commentary, this book presents strategies to help libraries survive and succeed.

In a time when libraries are struggling to stay relevant, this guide helps you look more closely at how you are serving clients in ways that continue to be exciting, energizing, and value-driven. It will help you look to a future in which your library is vital in uniting your community and providing a legacy of love of learning.

Lean library management -- Good morning -- Missions, visions and purpose -- The community pyramid -- A purpose-based community -- Dashboard metrics -- The Food and shelter safety net -- Safety and security -- Health and nutrition -- Functional literacy and access -- Digital literacy and access -- Social community engagement -- Functional skills development -- Community contribution -- Creative expression -- Advancement of knowledge -- Resources -- Value added marketing -- Philanthropy -- Library presentation -- Closing the gap with your supplier and customers -- Structural and environmental sustainability.

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