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PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM: IDEAS FROM OTHER PROFESSIONS AND THE WORLD OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

The Customer Is Always Right

What the Business World Can Teach Us About Problem Patrons

Pages 205-216 | Published online: 22 Oct 2008
 

Summary

Dealing with difficult patrons can be stressful. However, if we look at business literature and practice, we can learn much about how to deal with these difficulties. This paper focuses specifically on customer complaints. The business world regards complaints as valuable opportunities to improve customer service and satisfaction. Libraries should provide channels for their patrons to make complaints, follow up on those complaints, and train staff to deal with user dissatisfaction. Otherwise, our users may decide the library is not valuable to them, and we could lose valuable support.

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