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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789323503321

Autore

Balagué Núria

Titolo

Managing your library and its quality : the ISO 9001 way / / Núria Balagué and Jarmo Saarti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Chandos Publishing, , 2011

ISBN

1-78063-279-7

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Chandos information professional series

Altri autori (Persone)

SaartiJarmo

Disciplina

025.56

Soggetti

ISO 9001 Standard

Libraries - Quality control

Libraries - Standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Quality management issues and the use of ISO 9001 in the library environment -- part 2. Building your library's quality management system according to the ISO 9001 standard.

Sommario/riassunto

This book, divided into two parts, provides an introduction to the quality management issues and gives a general overview to the use of ISO 9001 in the library environment. The second part presents the main features of ISO 9001:2008 with practical comments and examples on how to implement its clauses in libraries. Whether in the public or in the private sector, libraries can be seen as service organisations: they act in very dynamic environments where users are increasingly demanding new types of services. Thus the adoption of a quality management system helps each library in meeting the needs