This book, divided into two parts, provides an introduction to the quality management issues and gives a general overview to the use of ISO 9001 in the library environment. The second part presents the main features of ISO 9001:2008 with practical comments and examples on how to implement its clauses in libraries. Whether in the public or in the private sector, libraries can be seen as service organisations: they act in very dynamic environments where users are increasingly demanding new types of services. Thus the adoption of a quality management system helps each library in meeting the needs of the customers. This book covers some key ideas about how to approach the ISO 9001 standard in library terms, or any other information service unit. Managing Your Library and its Quality offers not only a useful approach to quality but it is also an excellent guide on how to manage knowledge within organisations and, a priori, thus should be utilised by the information professional.

About the Author
Dr Nuria Balague is Deputy Director of the Library Services at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) where her responsibilities include the management of the quality system. Balague has participated in different committees related to university library evaluations in Spain, and is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Librarianship and Documentation Science at Universitat de Barcelona. Dr Jarmo Saarti has worked in several libraries in Finland, and is currently the Library Director in the University of Eastern Finland Library. He has been interested in library management issues and has published several papers on the topic. He has also acted as an ISO 9001 QMS auditor.


Book Information
ISBN 9781843346548
Author Nuria Balague
Format Paperback
Page Count 230
Imprint Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Publisher Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 410g