<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Customer Service is Job One. .&nbsp;.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>. . . isn&#8217;t it?  I mean, if not for our library users, why are we here?</p>
<blockquote><p>Fostering a culture of extreme customer service is one of the most important long-term investments a library can make, and costs almost nothing. The returns, meanwhile, are valuable beyond measure.  <em>(<a title="extreme customer service" href="http://webjunction.org/news/webjunction/delivering-extreme-customer-service-from-the-inside-out.html#!" target="_blank">Delivering Extreme Customer Service</a>, WebJunction)</em></p></blockquote>
<p>If you, like me, and like Gretchen Caserotti, from Meridian Library District in Idaho, believe customer service is Job One, you will want to read the <a title="extreme customer service" href="http://webjunction.org/news/webjunction/delivering-extreme-customer-service-from-the-inside-out.html#!" target="_blank">Delivering Extreme Customer Service</a> post and view the <a title="extreme customer service webinar" href="http://webjunction.org/events/webjunction/Extreme_Customer_Service_Every_Time.html" target="_blank">webinar</a> of the same name.</p>
<p>On your way to these, I leave you with some highlights:</p>
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<li>Customer service is a culture, not a checklist.</li>
<li>Customer service it is at the heart of patron-centered service.</li>
<li>Customer service is driven by the capacity of all library staff to act generously on behalf of one another and their patrons.</li>
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