Becoming a Lean Library
Lessons from the World of Technology Start-ups
Published on 7. December 2015
156 pages
978-1-78063-460-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
- Introduces lean startup and lean manufacturing theory and practice
- Applies Lean Startup Principles to Libraries
- Allows readers to earn two Openbadges to demonstrate professional education accomplishment through social networking and for compensation purposes
- Only book in its market that illustrates lean principles at work
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12/2015
Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
€73.50
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Jeremy Nelson is a software engineer at Stanford University Libraries with over twenty years' experience in academic libraries as a librarian and software developer. He is the technical lead for the multiple institutional Blue Core project and was the technical lead for the Sinopia Linked Data Editor, used by librarians and staff from across the world. Nelson is also co-chair for the ai4lam Metadata Working Group and has given multiple presentations at regional, national, and international library and technology conferences on using AI with BIBFRAME Linked Data and with the FOLIO Library Services Platform
Content
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
