The Quality Infrastructure: Measuring, Analyzing, and Improving Library Services

The Quality Infrastructure: Measuring, Analyzing, and Improving Library Services

by Sarah Anne Murphy (Editor)
The Quality Infrastructure: Measuring, Analyzing, and Improving Library Services

The Quality Infrastructure: Measuring, Analyzing, and Improving Library Services

by Sarah Anne Murphy (Editor)

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Overview

A library’s infrastructure of programs and personnel is its most valuable asset, providing the foundation for everything it does and aspires to do, which is why assessment is so vitally important. In this collection of case studies, Murphy and her team of contributors describe how quality assessment programs have been implemented and how they are used to continuously improve service at a complete cross-section of institutions. This volume Looks at how a program was established within a library organization, the individual roles for staff participating in the program, and singles out which activities and projects were most successful Describes programs such as the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, Lean Six Sigma, and ISO 9001:2000 Examines contexts ranging from a liberal-arts college library and key federal government libraries to libraries that serve major research universities in the United States and Canada Summarizing specific tools for measuring service quality alongside tips for using these tools most effectively, this book helps libraries of all kinds take a programmatic approach to measuring, analyzing, and improving library services.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780838911730
Publisher: American Library Association
Publication date: 11/04/2013
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Sarah Anne Murphy has held numerous positions at Ohio State University since 1999. She is currently coordinator of research and reference for the OSU Libraries. Murphy earned a master of business of administration from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business in 2008 and her master of library science from Kent State University in 2000. She has published papers on Lean Six Sigma, mentoring, and issues related to veterinary medicine libraries in College and Research Libraries, the Journal of Academic Librarianship, and the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

Table of Contents

Introduction Sarah Anne Murphy vii

1 From User Needs to Organizational Performance

Twenty Years of Assessment at the University of Washington Libraries Steve Hiller Stephanie Wright 1

2 Tracking Our Performance

Assessment at the University of Virginia Library Lynda S. White 25

3 The Implementation and Evolution of Quality Management in the University of Arizona Libraries Chestalene Pintozzi 41

4 Committed to Quality

Syracuse University Library's Program Management Center Terriruth Carrier Nancy B. Turner 59

5 Thriving through Organizational Agility

The NIST Information Services Office's Baldrige Journey Barbara P. Silcox Mary-Deirdre Coraggio Susan Makar Mylene Ouimette 73

6 Pursuing Organizational Performance Excellence

The Emory University Libraries' Journey Xuemao Wang Emily Thornton 91

7 The Development of an Evaluation and Assessment Program for the Ontario Council of University Libraries Dana Thomas Kate Davis 101

8 Creating Analyst Positions in an Academic Library

The UC-San Diego Example Kymberly Anne Goodson Daniel Suchy 117

9 Kansas State University Libraries Office of Library Planning and Assessment Laurel Ann Littrell 129

10 Building an Assessment Program in the Liberal Arts College Library Lucretia McCulley 141

11 Developing a Library Assessment Program at Washington University in St. Louis Carol Mollman 155

Contributors 169

Index 175

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