
Adding Value to Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Harnessing the Force That Drives Your Organization's Future
- 312 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Adding Value to Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Harnessing the Force That Drives Your Organization's Future
About this book
This book explains the concept of adding value and shows staff at libraries and other organizations why they need to take steps now to ensure they are adding new value to their communitiesāwhether it be a local town or neighborhood, a faculty and student body, or a school. Value is at the core of every organization's purpose. Without value, organizations die. Librariesāas well as museums, archives, and galleriesāhave traditionally added value to their communities through their collections and services, but yesterday's collections and services are no longer enough. In order to remain sustainable, today's libraries, archives, museums, and galleries must explore new ways to add value that resonate in the lives of their customers. This unique book explains how addressing the "5 C's" of adding valueācontent, context, connection, collaboration, and communityāenables organizations to find new ways to invigorate their services, better serve their communities, and thrive today and tomorrow. It addresses adding value in the context of other key topics, such as crowdsourcing, embedded librarianship, makerspaces, self publishing, and repurposing spaces. Filled with charts, tables, screenshots, and other visual representation, this is a useful and provocative guide that anyone interested in vesting in the successful future of libraries, archives, and museums needs to read.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Adding Value
- 2 How Libraries Have Traditionally Added Value
- 3 The Times Are Rapidly Changinā
- 4 Ways to Add Even More Value
- 5 Content
- 6 Context
- 7 Connection
- 8 Collaboration
- 9 Collaboration in Libraries, Museums, and Archives
- 10 Community
- 11 Stepping UpāTo Lead
- 12 Adding Personal Value
- Appendix: Business Model Workbook
- Recommended Readings
- Author Index
- Subject Index