What is the corporate library and how to create

Why companies library

Corporate Library makes reading accessible to everyone

Employees do not have to buy the book and in the throes of choice. The library has collected what is useful and handy to use.

Corporate Library - the first step toward learning system

In our company, every employee has an individual development plan. There is written, what purpose it should achieve in a month and the quarter. Books - one of the tools of their achievements along with internal training and mentoring.

Corporate Library accelerates the process of acquiring knowledge

If the company is focused on growth and development, you just have to quickly collect, develop and transmit knowledge. Regular reading of books to create a climate in which continuous learning and self-education - a natural process.

Where to begin

1. Assemble a first leg

Most likely, this happens spontaneously. Tell us about her staff make sure their reaction. Offer a few new productsWho exactly interested in the most active workers.

We all started with the fact that we began to collect in the office HR department handouts from workshops, which were held in the company. Over time, the people who came for the materials and asked additional literature, it became more and more. We realized that it was time to collect your own library.

2. Appoint a project - the curator of the library

We have appointed an employee of department HR. Of course, this is not his main activity, but if one person in charge of the books, then over time it becomes a real expert, and can pick up the book to any employee for any purpose.

3. Identify the main headings of the library

As a rule, they correspond to the nature of the company. Gather feedback, it turns out, some do not have enough books, listen to the opinion of the staff. First in our library were exclusively books on internet marketing. Over time, it became more and more books on management, process management, and self-development design.

4. Highlight the budget for the purchase of books

It is important to note that some books cost 300 rubles, and some, such as programming or English-speaking management, - to 1.5-2 million excluding delivery.

The list of new products for purchase form the employees themselves: tell the curator, how this or that book will help them in the work and colleagues. And then curator of setting priorities for the purchase within budget.

5. Arrange a place to store books

All the books we issue at hand, a separate room under the reading room is not required. Therefore, compact racks are located along the walls in the office of HR and do not interfere. Plus, an organization that supervisor, training and development specialist staff in his spare time, the library is engaged in their affairs together with colleagues from HR.

How to automate the process

1. Enter the accounting books, even if the library is small

The curator must keep track of the books in the term of the employee and send a reminder: "Do not forget to hand over the book." In a small company newsletter with a request to leave a review, you can also manually send the main thing - to conduct this work systematically. First time our library only existed offline. We had to come, choose a book, but a library employee (Curator) make an entry in Excel.

2. Be prepared for the growth and complexity of the library system

In 2011, the library features technology envelope - electronic catalog of analog with the accounting system. We have created a new section on the corporate portal - a system by which automated the process of ordering and tracking books, tied it to a database of all publications. As soon as a new instance of coming to the library, it is assigned an identifier and enter the registry and the database. Then book appears on the home page of the corporate portal new products section. There also fall eBooksThat we buy, if the paper is too expensive or rare.

3. Organize all books

In the presence of an electronic catalog in the portal employees can see a list of books, read reviews and order the desired instance. When an employee clicks on the button "I want to read," he is notified, free book, or have to wait.

Avail - curator comes a letter that the book should be sent to an employee in one of the offices. No - the employee enters into an electronic queue and waits until the book is released.

Organize all of the book can be in Excel or "Google Spreadsheets"But it will be more difficult. In a small company employees themselves can arrange for someone to give the book after reading. The main thing is to change the reader informed about the curator. You can enter the waiting list of the most popular books, where the employees themselves will enter the names and expunged them before handing the book.

4. Order extra copies of popular books

If any book is constantly a great place (not only in the first months after its order), our curator notification comes. In the presence of a large number of positive reviews, if the book really useful, ordered additional copies.

How to maintain the efficient operation of the library

The presence of the library insufficient. All employees should know about it, see constant updates, understand that colleagues read, share their experiences.

1. Organize feedback system

Once the employee has returned a book he received a letter of thanks and a request to leave a review. Reviews from people with similar information field allow others to understand how useful this book is for them. You can ask questions of the author of the review, clarify details or to discuss already read the publication.

2. Discuss books read

In the absence of corporate e-pad, enter a rule to meet regularly and discuss books read. Specific publications can be specified in terms of staff or recommended for a particular department.

3. Talk about library news

We have to inform the monthly digest of news has a special section. There are published news, the most sought after collection of literature or reviews best books according to one of the employees. Sometimes the personal collection of employees fall into the corporate blog.

4. Apply for library shelves

So, it would be desirable to look through the book and talk to the curator. The most topical headings place at eye level - especially for those who went into the HR office on his own business, a person certainly not passed by popular publications. Arrange the shelves bright little things: draw attention, even if the employee is delayed longer, flip through and choose a book.

5. Consider risks

Books are often delayed, even if allowed to read at least a month. Reminders need to send and experts, and top management. If you do not operate standard notifications, the curator of the library writes messages in person a couple of months. books are torn sometimes, rarely lose their employees. This means that the popularity of the book will need to be ordered out of the lineup.

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If nothing is missed, the library, it produces the effect and results achieved will be like a snowball: on the one hand, the company is investing in training, creates an environment for the development of employees, on the other - employees invest time and energy in self-development, strive for new and set an example to others colleagues.