Trouble Ticket Systems: Help or Hindrance?

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Trouble Ticket Systems: Help or Hindrance?

Monday, February 23, 2015 at 2:30 PM–2:45 PM CST

Room 301

Conference Track

4. External Relationships

Keywords

Trouble ticket, tech support, interface, customer service, log in, response, follow up, data analysis, metadata, FAQs

Learning Objectives

Librarians rely on trouble-ticket systems to communicate issues to vendors.
Best practices are needed on both sides of the interchange. Reporting complete information, branding, the nature of responses, interface usability, plus other subtle factors can make transactions more efficient and successful.
Interpersonal qualities of the interaction(s) can influence results.

Abstract

Librarians rely on trouble-ticket systems to communicate issues to vendors. Best practices are needed on both sides of the interchange. Reporting complete information, branding, the nature of responses, interface usability, plus other subtle factors can make transactions more efficient and successful. Interpersonal qualities of the interaction(s) can influence results.