Library Customer Service

As our profession contemplates the future of libraries, a recurring theme surfaces: that the public trust and faith in the institution is not so much about information retrieval or document management as it is about the intangibles—the relationships, the place, the environment for learning. It is top-notch customer service that will sustain and grow libraries. Explore here the resources on communication, creating patron-focused spaces, customer service practices and dealing with difficult patrons.
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Library Social Media Use
Webinar / Last Modified: 31 May 2013
This webinar will cover how to create, administer, moderate, and leverage your library’s online presence using popular social media tools.
What Would Walt Do?: Quality Customer Service for Libraries
Webinar / Last Modified: 27 February 2013
This webinar shares how libraries in Colorado are integrating what they learned at the Disney Institute on Quality Service to improve customer service for patrons.
Understanding Compassion Fatigue in Your Library
Webinar / Last Modified: 11 February 2013
Archive and related resources for a webinar presented on May 31, 2012 by Linda Bruno on compassion fatigue and how it affects you and your working environment.
That's Not What I Said!: Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
Webinar / Last Modified: 11 February 2013
Archive and related resources for a webinar presented on June 19, 2012 by Melissa Powell exploring the different learning and communication styles, fears, insecurities and defense mechanisms that define interpersonal communication.
Dealing with Difficult Patrons
Webinar / Last Modified: 18 January 2013
Archive and associated resources for October 19, 2010, webinar with Paul Signorelli and Maurice Coleman on dealing with difficult patrons.
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