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Customer Service: Another Side of TQM.
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Sirkin, Arlene Farber – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Focuses on the customer satisfaction element of Total Quality Management (TQM) in libraries, including definition of the terms customer and customer satisfaction, determining customer expectations, complaint systems, keeping customers, and empowerment of staff. Appendices list approaches libraries and other organizations have used to improve…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Library Administration, Library Services, Organizational Theories
Developing a Library Microcomputing Profile: 101 Spectra to Be Used in Analysis by Microcomputer Managers.
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Grass, Charlene – Journal of Library Administration, 1991
Presents 101 variables for use in developing a microcomputing profile and determining the type of microcomputing management appropriate for a library. Variables are presented in 16 categories, including the larger institutional, library, and financial profiles; administration's stance on microcomputing; user profiles; training and support for…
Descriptors: Budgets, Computer Software, Guidelines, Information Services
Tools for Measuring and Improving Performance.
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Jurow, Susan – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Explains the need for meaningful performance measures in libraries and the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach to data collection. Five tools representing different stages of a TQM inquiry are covered (i.e., the Shewhart Cycle, flowcharts, cause-and-effect diagrams, Pareto charts, and control charts), and benchmarking is addressed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Benchmarking, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Creating Partnerships: Forging a Chain of Service Quality.
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Lynch, Richard; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Advocates the need for libraries to identify, nurture, and sustain new partnerships given rapid technological advancements and trends in information economics. Principles of partnerships are described, including Total Quality Management (TQM), negotiation, seamless connectivity, performance data, trust, patience, and perseverance; and steps in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Futures (of Society), Institutional Cooperation, Library Administration
Managing Changing Roles: Professional and Paraprofessional Staff in Libraries.
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Johnson, Peggy – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Responsibilities and relationships of professional and paraprofessional library staff are changing as a consequence of societal, educational, and technological forces. These changes are having lasting impact on organizational structure, particularly in the face of increasing service expectations and higher costs. This article contains suggestions…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Costs, Employee Responsibility, Institutional Environment
TQM Training; The Library Service Challenge.
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Loney, Tim; Bellefontaine, Arnie – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Addresses training in the context of organizing and implementing a Total Quality Management (TQM) initiative. The customer service implications and relevant training or skill implications for the following phases are described: (1) exploration and commitment; (2) organizing for quality; (3) start up; and (4) expansion and integration. (Contains 18…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Library Administration, Library Services, Models
Implementing Total Quality Management: A Model for Research Libraries.
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Barnard, Susan B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes a model of Total Quality Management (TQM) developed by the Association of Research Libraries. The issues, elements and processes of a comprehensive TQM-based transition, including commitment by management, linkage to organizational strategic planning, organizational culture, understanding customers, and quality teams are covered.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Principles, Higher Education, Library Administration