Table of Contents - December 2001
Table of Contents - December 2001
Information Outlook, Vol. 5, no. 12, December 2001
 
Features

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  6 Talking About Customer Service
Customer service is something that everyone talks about, but very few people seem to know much about. Two people who do know something about customer service, Mary Talley and Joan Axelroth, take a look at exactly what it is and how your library can provide more of it.

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  14 Good to Great: A Conversation with Jim Collins
The notion of moving upgoing from bad to good or good to greatis prevalent in the American culture. Yet, it is very difficult for companies to become great in the American economic system. A company can often become good, but it is a challenge to become great. Author Jim Collins pinpointed the factors that can help a company achieve greatness in his latest book, Good to Great. Collins took time to talk with Information Outlook about becoming great.

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  24 Making the Transistion: Bulgarian Librarians Struggle in a Post-Communist World
Like most Eastern European countries, Bulgaria has struggled to find its way in the years since the fall of communism. The country's libraries have not been exempt from this transition, with much of the financial support they enjoyed under communism drying up. Sherrie Kline Smith takes a look at how one library in Bulgaria is handling this problem and what it is doing to fill the shelves.


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  30 Packing Them In: 67th Annual IFLA Sets New Records
The 67th edition of the IFLA Conference, held in Boston, MA, was a record breaker in both attendees and exhibitors. A number of SLA members were on hand and filed reports from the conference.



Columns
5 Executive Outlook
September 11thWhere Do We Go From Here?
42 Communications Outlook
Understanding Tragedy Through Introspection
36 Conference Countdown
Look Ma. No Car!
44 Strategic Learning Outlook
Remembering 2001
38 All About Drucker
The Essential Drucker
46 Making News
Members and Units in the News
40 Copyright Corner
Librarian / Publisher Disputes In The Copyright Arena
 


Departments


48 Coming Events
48 Advertising Index

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