Commonplaces

Abstract

Does your library suffer from staff burn‐out? If so, there is help at hand in the form of a recent booklet from the National Youth Bureau. It's called Value judgements: evaluating community based agencies by Warren Feek and Douglas I Smith and has been written to help any organisation avoid a variety of illnesses from the aforementioned staff burn‐out to failed funding applications (Chief Librarians please note!). The booklet shows how you can assess whether your agency is achieving its purpose and whether you have used the right resources in the right way. It's aimed particularly at those working with people in voluntary and statutory youth and community work organisations but it may well be useful to librarians wanting to assess their services, as well as to their clients. The booklet is well illustrated with cartoons and sells at £1.20 inc. p & p from Sales Department, National Youth Bureau, 17–23 Albion Street, Leicester LE1 6GD.

Citation

BUNCH, A., FLEMING, E. and ASHWORTH, W. (1984), "Commonplaces", New Library World, Vol. 85 No. 11, pp. 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038615