Staff-Less Libraries Innovative Staff Design

• Main Author: Johannsen, Carl Gustav (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, MA Chandos Publishing 2017
• Series: Chandos information professional series
• Subjects: Public libraries > Automation; Public libraries > Design and construction; Public Libararies > Design and cocnstruction; Libraries > Public relations
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• Physical Description: vi, 175 pages color illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-169) and index
• ISBN: 9780081019238

Staff-Less Libraries: Innovative Staff Design considers the challenges of this approach, its pros and cons, identifies international experiences, and discusses best practices. It presents a step-by-step approach to implementing a staffless library and/or services, and seeks to inspire professionals to share experiences and optimize their library. Staff-less public libraries, enabled by technological developments, represent a significant and innovative aspect of the development of public libraries. The concept radically enlarges the availability of user access to public libraries. Some Danish public library branches have, for example, increased their weekly opening hours from 20 to 80 hours per week. In Denmark, the concept has been quite successful, increasing the number of staff-less libraries from 81 public library units in 2011 to 260 in 2014.