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Staff-Less Libraries

Innovative Staff Design

By: Carl Gustav Johannsen

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Staff-Less Libraries

Innovative Staff Design

By: Carl Gustav Johannsen

Staff-Less Libraries: Innovative Staff Design considers the challenges of this approach, its pros and cons, identifies international experiences, and discusses best practices. It presents a step-by-step approach to implementing a staffless library and/or services, and seeks to inspire professionals to share experiences and optimize their library. Staff-less public libraries, enabled by technological developments, represent a significant and innovative aspect of the development of public libraries. The concept radically enlarges the availability of user access to public libraries. Some Danish public library branches have, for example, increased their weekly opening hours from 20 to 80 hours per week. In Denmark, the concept has been quite successful, increasing the number of staff-less libraries from 81 public library units in 2011 to 260 in 2014. From a longer view, however, the staff-less library concept contributes to the modernization of public libraries by further opening the library. Many library professionals have been surprised by the near absence of vandalism through the staffl-ess opening hours. According to the latest trend, the staffless library model is gradually moving from thinly populated rural areas and suburban neighborhoods to urban contexts. This book explores the concept, hence furthering the debate. - Presents and considers the idea of staff-less libraries using evidence-based data - Considers the challenges, pros, and cons of the staff-less library - Identifies international experiences, best practices, and draws out a step-by-step approach to implementation

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Chandos Publishing

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0081019246

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Library User Metaphors and Services

How Librarians look at their Users

By: Carl Gustav Johannsen

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How Librarians look at their Users

By: Carl Gustav Johannsen

How do library professionals talk about and refer to library users, and how is this significant? In recent decades, the library profession has conceived of users in at least five different ways, viewing them alternatively as citizens, clients, customers, guests, or partners. This book argues that these user metaphors crucially inform librarians' interactions with the public, and, by extension, determine the quality and content of the services received. The ultimate aim of this book is to provide library professionals with insights and tools for avoiding common pitfalls associated with false or professionally inadequate conceptions of library users.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110418568

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9783110418569

Staff-Less Libraries

Innovative Staff Design

By: Carl Gustav Johannsen

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Innovative Staff Design

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Library User Metaphors and Services

How Librarians Look at Their Users

By: Carl Gustav Johannsen

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How Librarians Look at Their Users

By: Carl Gustav Johannsen

During the last 40 years, the library profession has used different metaphors to characterise their users, e.g. the user as a citizen, a client, a customer, a guest, and a partner. The book is about the background and distribution of those metaphorical descriptions and how they have influenced services in libraries. Through illustrative examples, the book will animate librarians to rethink the appropriateness of their prevailing user categories.

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K.G. Saur Verlag

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3110419653

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9783110419658

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Library User Metaphors and Services

Staff-Less Libraries

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Library User Metaphors and Services

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