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Reinventing Libraries For The Next Generation Of Library Users, La Loria Konata
Reinventing Libraries For The Next Generation Of Library Users, La Loria Konata
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article calls for the need to reinvent libraries for the next generation of library users. It stresses the value of being able to provide customer satisfaction, building and maintaining loyalty as well as resolving customer complaints so as to compete with other libraries. It also points out the importance of branding as a marketing strategy and encourages libraries to adhere to the liaison model or subject specialist model in providing specialized service. Also suggested are steps for marketing library services.
Encouraging Faculty Requests For Library Materials: Midwest’S New Book Selection Service, Lydia F. Knight
Encouraging Faculty Requests For Library Materials: Midwest’S New Book Selection Service, Lydia F. Knight
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article discusses the use of Midwest Library Service's notification scheme by Dalton State College in Georgia. It offers a New Book Selection Service, which replaces the notification slip as a medium of distributing announcements on forthcoming titles. This information is sent by electronic mail instead. The lists can be profiled using the Library of Congress Subject Classification.