Becoming a Lean Library: Lessons from the World of Technology Start-ups

The lean start-up movement offers a process and an approach to managing product development built upon a nimble learning organization that responds to metrics through iterative 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. The first chapter introduces 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. introduces lean startup and lean manufacturing theory and practiceapplies Lean Startup Principles to Libraries allows readers to earn two Openbadges to demonstrate professional education accomplishment through social networking and for compensation purposesonly book in its market that illustrates lean principles at work INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-1-84334-779-8
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 15/05/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés