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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824798903321

Autore

Hernon Peter

Titolo

Assessing service quality : satisfying the expectations of library customers / / Peter Hernon, Ellen Altman, Robert E. Dugan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ala editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8389-1309-1

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

025.5

Soggetti

Public services (Libraries) - Evaluation

Public services (Libraries) - United States - Evaluation

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

Assessing Service Quality: Satisfying the Expectations of Library Customers; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1. Understanding Ends and Means; Chapter 2. A Look in the Library Mirror; Chapter 3. "Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It . . ."; Chapter 4. Measuring and Evaluating the Components of High-Quality Service; Chapter 5. What Can Go Wrong with Numbers?; Chapter 6. Different Ways of Listening to Customers; Chapter 7. Managing the Three Cs (Comments, Complaints, and Compliments); Chapter 8. Listening through Surveys; Chapter 9. Listening through Focus Group Interviews

Chapter 10. Customer-Related Metrics and RequirementsChapter 11. Satisfaction and Service Quality: Separate but Intertwined; Chapter 12. Interpreting Findings to Improve Customer Service; Chapter 13. Embracing Change-Continuous Improvement; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This extensively revised and updated edition explores even further the ways technology influences both the experiences of library customers and the ways libraries themselves can assess those experiences.