User Orientation as an Organizational Principle: the Warsaw Experience
Warsaw University Library (WUL) was already more than 180 years old, with a traditional and stable organization, when it made its first attempts to bring modern library concepts to a newly-constructed building in December 1999. It was high time for a change. Nineteenth-century, monumental constructi...
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| description | Warsaw University Library (WUL) was already more than 180 years old, with a traditional and stable organization, when it made its first attempts to bring modern library concepts to a newly-constructed building in December 1999. It was high time for a change. Nineteenth-century, monumental construction could no longer keep pace with those goals established for the university community. Overloaded stacks were partly inaccessible; an underdeveloped local network was permanently overworked; and small reading rooms were inadequate for our growing number of students. Even great commitment by library staff was insufficient to users’ requirements and newly-created tasks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f33e3747eae840038d38713f3eb478982024-01-11T16:07:30Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2002-07-01122-310.18352/lq.7691User Orientation as an Organizational Principle: the Warsaw ExperienceJolanta StepniakWarsaw University Library (WUL) was already more than 180 years old, with a traditional and stable organization, when it made its first attempts to bring modern library concepts to a newly-constructed building in December 1999. It was high time for a change. Nineteenth-century, monumental construction could no longer keep pace with those goals established for the university community. Overloaded stacks were partly inaccessible; an underdeveloped local network was permanently overworked; and small reading rooms were inadequate for our growing number of students. Even great commitment by library staff was insufficient to users’ requirements and newly-created tasks.https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/10271 |
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| title | User Orientation as an Organizational Principle: the Warsaw Experience |
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| title_short | User Orientation as an Organizational Principle: the Warsaw Experience |
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