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Becoming a Lean Library
Lessons from the World of Technology Start-ups
This book provides leadership advice and tips on how to make the library more nimble, lean, and responsive to technological change.
Jeremy Nelson (Author)
9781843347798, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 11 December 2015
156 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.2 kg
Becoming a Lean Library: Lessons from the World of Technology Start-ups provides a guide to the process and approach necessary to manage product development. Using techniques and philosophies pioneered by Toyota's lean manufacturing success, Becoming a Lean Library provides library leadership advice and tips on making the library more nimble, lean, and responsive to technological change. Early chapters introduce the reader to the idea of lean start-ups in libraries, followed by chapters covering library systems, lessons from lean manufacturing, and the build-measure-learn model. Remaining chapters discuss technology change and DevOps as a lean strategy, while also giving the reader the opportunity to earn a professional online "badge" on the subject material of the book.
Introduction Organizing library systems: A brief history and overview of typical library systems and technical services Pull vs. Push - Lessons from Lean Manufacturing Build-measure-learn as an OODA Loop: Understanding the lean start-up's build-measure-learn loop and its application to libraries as a learning organization Innovation accounting and Francis Taylor: Gathering feedback on library projects through improved metrics Defining hypotheses and managing complexity: Identify hypotheses in library services and projects to help improve outcomes in complex environments Actionable metrics from patron activity: Using library patron activity to drive decisions Pivoting with technology change: Recognizing and implementing a pivot in library services based on technological changes DevOps as a lean strategy: Explains the DevOps (Development and Operations) approach in corporations as a lean strategy for library systems and technical services
Subject Areas: Library & information sciences [GL]
