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Becoming a lean library : lessons from the world of technology start-ups /

This book provides a guide to the process and approach necessary to manage product development. It provides library leadership advice and tips on making the library more nimble, lean, and responsive to technological change.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Nelson, Jeremy
Published: Chandos Publishing,
Publisher Address: Waltham, MA :
Publication Dates: [2016]
©2016
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Chandos information professional series
Subjects:
Library administration.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843347798
Summary: This book provides a guide to the process and approach necessary to manage product development. It provides library leadership advice and tips on making the library more nimble, lean, and responsive to technological change.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiii, 146 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781780634609
1780634609
Index Number: Z678
CLC: G251
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Organizing libraries -- 3. Pull versus push : lessons from lean manufacturing -- 4. Build-measure-learn as an OODA loop -- 5. Innovation accounting and Francis Taylor -- 6. Defining hypothesis and managing complexity -- 7. Actionable metrics from patron activity -- 8. Pivoting of persevering when technology changes -- 9. DevOps as a lean strategy -- 10. The future as a warehouse.

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