AUTHOR: Marilyn Mitchell, ed.
STARTED: June 27, 2011
FINISHED: July 11, 2011
PAGES: 81
GENRE: Library Science
FIRST SENTENCE: [From the Preface] The proliferation of electronic information and tools has changed the way that readers and researchers do their work.
SUMMARY: [From Amazon.com
] While technology now makes it possible to deliver more content and services, libraries are often expected to do so with little or no increase in funding—or even with a reduced budget. In 2002, a group of liberal arts college librarians approached CLIR for help in rethinking library processes. With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CLIR organized two workshops on workflow redesign and funded six libraries that were members of consortia to conduct workflow redesign projects. The results of these projects, which began in 2003 and ended late in 2005, are described in this new CLIR report. THOUGHTS: The past way I can sum up this book is that it is a report of how people spent their grant money. If one of the case studies relates to your library, it might be worth the read. Other than that, I don't see it being very useful.
RATING: 4/10 [An "Okay" Book]
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