You need to reach the world'

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• You need to reach the world.
• It needs to reach you.

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Fact

• Running a library should be an intellectual,
  managerial pursuit, and not a clerical one.

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Fact

• By applying workflow concepts to system design,
  library tasks can be eliminated or at least
  altered so that librarians can lead, and not have
  to follow a regiment of routine tasks.

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• Said another way...
• Place your mask on before your patrons.

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Definition

• WorkFlow Automation is a series of steps that
  result in the completion of a task.

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• Clearly Stated Goals
• Enforce library policy
• Reduce learning time
• Organize work units
• Adjust to realities of changing staff
• Provide pinpoint accuracy
• Quantum leap in productivity
• Allow safe customization

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Research

• Human Interface Factors
• usability studies on graphical client interfaces
  conducted by Carnegie Mellon University.
• repetitive stress studied by Stanford University
  Libraries.

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Research

• WorkFlows Modeling
• Stanford outlines FastTracq processing model and
  participates in design and testing.
• SIRSI forms WorkFlows Round-table

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• Results
• High Production Interface (HPI)
• Designed for Speed
• Eliminates Unnecessary Steps
• Reduces Keystrokes
• Increases Comfort
• Think-Ahead Technology
• Combines Steps
• Eliminates Extraneous Information
• Process Routing

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• You need to reach the world.
• It needs to reach you.