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Now! That’s What I Call
Customer Service
Julie Strange & Cathay Crosby | MLA 2009
“customer service”
the experience
zero
priceless
the basics
customer focusmoments of truthempowered staff
empower your staff
“charged a 50-cent late fee while turning in a book that her late mother had checked out of a Harrison Public Library branch.”
Welcome to Nordstrom
We're glad to have you with our Company. Our number one goal is to provide outstanding customer service. Set both your personal and professional goals high. We have great confidence in your ability to achieve them.
Nordstrom Rules: Rule #1: Use good judgment in all situations.
There will be no additional rules.
Please feel free to ask your department manager, store manager, or division general manager any question at any time.
on your customers
acknowledge them
active listening is key
talk to them!
embrace customers as co-creators
set expectations
use all your tools
don’t be a barrier, find a way
Anything else I can help with? Good luck on the test!Have a good night!
(An update on) email reference as a quality service to Maryland library patrons
• Patrons asked more questions about library policies.
•Patrons asked more factual questions, including questions that begin with “Can you answer…?”
•F2F people seem more engaged in the interaction
Charlotte Ford, Ph.D., “Questions Asked in Face-to-Face, Chat, & E-mail Reference Interactions”
Three key differences
Maryland AskUsNow!Maryland AskUsNow!
Email Reference
A passion for excellence in a Zen state of mind
Basic EmailThe service is assigned a simple email address provided on the library web site. If user wants to submit a question, they can just click on the link, which in turn launches the user's email software (such as Microsoft Outlook, Eudora, etc.) The user then fills out the email and sends it to the library via the user's email software.
Web Forms User fills out a form on the library web site and clicks a button to send it via email to the library.
Two commonly- used types of email reference
# of libraries (systems/locations)
Web Form Email Address Both None
Public Library Systems
24 17 6 0 1
Regional Libraries*
3* 1 2 0 0
Special Libraries (a sampling)
7 2 4 0 1
Academic Libraries
34 21 10 1 2
*Note: Enoch Pratt/SLRC was grouped with public libraries
Comparison of email reference service:web form, email address, both or none
•Simple email (wide open to any type of question) - and
•Could necessitate clarification more often .
•Tracking timely responses can be challenging -
•Stats are usually broadbased - or - depending upon what the library system needs
•Email links depend upon patron’s email client (i.e. Outlook? Web-based?). Patron might have to cut & paste address in.
Email versus web forms: email
•Form’s fields helps think more specifically about question - and - (depending upon how this is used)
•May be too specialized for patron use (an email form for every department and/or service) -
•Tracking and follow up -
•If QP is used
•Keeps everything in one place
•Scripts are easy to configure and use
•Training focuses on the same software
•Reports are consistent with chat and easy to generate
•No additional expense if chat is already used
•Dependency on QP software (maintenance, troubleshooting, updates) and
Email versus web forms: forms
Sample
our email
of our library.
“I am looking for an answer. Is filling out this form worth it?”
If I spend x amount of time filling out their
form, will I get y in z minutes?
Public Libraries
# received / week
Library 1 1.5
Library 2 28
Library 3 7
Library 4 77
Library 5 70
Library 6 12.5
Library 7 88
Library 8 40
Library 9 55
Library 10 10
Total: 389
Avg. per week: 55.571
Academic Libraries# received / week
Library 1 5
Library 2 1
Library 3 2.5
Total: 8.5
Avg. per week: 1.214
An estimated weekly number of reference–related emails received by 14 Maryland libraries
Note: These figures reflect typical weeks during January – April 2009.
Special Libraries# received / week
Library 1 57
Library 2 11
Total: 68
Avg. per week: 9.714
Hello Cathay Crosby,
The Library of Congress first began using email as a reference tool in 1994. For further details, you can review the following timeline of major milestones in the Library's use of the Internet to share resources with the public:
< http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/libsci/faq.html#11 >
According to the timeline, on November 7, 1994, the Library's National Reference Service (NRS) began a pilot project to respond to reference queries received over the Internet at the email address [email protected] (no longer active). Many questions were referred by NRS to email accounts maintained by other areas of the Library. Later, in the summer of 1995, the National Reference Services established [email protected] (no longer active), a centralized Internet email address for online inquiries to LC. The Library's current Ask a Librarian service (< http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ >) did not debut until June 2002.
I hope this answers your question. If there is anything else that I can do, please let me know.
Sincerely,
The Digital Reference TeamLibrary of Congress
“ The Library of Congress first began using email as a reference tool in 1994.”
The Essential Personality Piece
Elements to a good answer
1.Opening Greeting
2.Acknowledgement
3.Answer
4.Teach to Fish
5.Closing
Answer Checklist
personable interaction is essential
•Resource not immediately available
•Librarian needs time to locate info
•Technical problems
•Abrupt disconnect
Email reference as follow-up
•It’s here to stay
•Web forms seem to be preferred
•Good for follow-up
•Key Recommendations:
•Use two (or more) resources in your answer
•Have a team schedule for timeliness
•Methods and training for answering offer consistency
Why email again?
Julie [email protected]://strangelibrarian.org
Cathay [email protected]
Anything else we can help you with?
www.askusnow.info/presentations
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