The Purpose-Based Library
Finding your path to survival, success, and growth
This is an excerpt from The Purpose-Based Library: Finding Your Path to Survival, Success,
and Growth by John J. Huber and Steven V. Potter (ALA
Editions, 2015).
“The most meaningful way to differentiate your company
from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd
is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage, and use
information will determine whether you win or lose.” —Bill Gates
Bill Gates’s quote should have you, as a member of the library
profession, doing backflips. Librarians are specifically trained to gather,
manage, and use information. If we take Gates’s words at face value, libraries
should be the most competitive organizations on the planet.
Some of you would argue that your library is a nonprofit organization
and is not competing with anyone. We beg to differ. Every customer has a choice
and chooses whether to go to the library website or Google’s search bar, to
either engage the library or order materials from Amazon. Amazon would much
rather have its customers buy a book than borrow, and Google would much rather
have information seekers search its website than seek out a reference or
research librarian. There is no question that libraries compete head-to-head
with these for-profit businesses.
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan
& Co
Upcoming Events | BOSLA-NIFT ANNUAL LECTURE
SERIES-2016 on Saturday,
20th August 2016 at 10.00 hrs in National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kharghar, Navi
Mumbai.
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