L.E.A3.D.ing Your Library: Competing in the Library Service Environment

Libraries have gone from serving communities to serving the world. Where our customers [once came] to the library to use our services, we [must] now take it to where they are. The L.E.A3.D. ( Learning, Entrepreneurial, Access/ Accountability/Alignment, and Demonstration) model is designed to help libraries learn more about the competitive service environment in which they find themselves, as well the the role they must play in order to develop proactive responses that will generate greater community impact and participation. L.E.A3.D. is practical, based on real world experience and scalable to any size or type of library. Of particular interest, and crucial importance, to library administrators and stakeholders alike.