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    The Library as Visual Workplace

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    Date
    2013
    Author
    Raab, Christopher
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    Visual Workplace, Academic Libraries, Library Management
    Abstract
    Have you ever worked at the information desk and found yourself answering the same directional question again and again? Or gone to the closet to retrieve a new toner cartridge only to discover the supply exhausted? Have you ever spent twenty minutes looking for an extra book truck, only to find five tucked away in the gift processing area? Well, if you have, chances are you’re not alone. So how do librarians avoid these frustratingly repetitive tasks and breakdowns in communication? The solution is to transform the academic library into a Visual Workplace, where the answers to vital questions and supply chains are literally installed into the work environment, as close to the point of need as possible.
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    5 p. article (.pdf) with references. Published (Open-Access) by The Journal of Creative Library Practice, posted February 11, 2013.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11016/23926
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