Preparation -- The introduction -- What is customer service? -- Who are our customers? : the customer service chain -- Communication -- Questioning and active listening -- Handling complaints -- Dealing with challenging situations -- Life positions and the OK Corral : being more confident and assertive -- Suggestions for improvement -- Teambuilding -- What are we good at, and what is our future? : action planning -- Wrapping it up -- Conclusion
Summary
Customer Care provides a detailed course suitable for delivery to library staff at all levels. It can be used as a stand-alone reference work for customer care processes and procedures or, alternatively, it can be used by library staff to tailor a customer care course to suit the requirements and training needs of their own staff. Dual use - reference work and/or training manualPotential as a text bookApplicable to a wider context than LIS - could be used for a whole HEI institutional approach to customer care or in local authorities/public services
