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LCCOS Customer Service Excellence recognised 

28 July 2023

Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science (LCCOS) has been reaccredited for Customer Service Excellence (CSE).

A member of library staff helps a library customer in the IOE Library.

LCCOS were judged to be fully compliant in all 57 criteria for the CSE Accreditation, and received Compliance Pluses in 24 criteria (an increase on 20 last year) of the award, including the following:

  • Identifying hard to reach and disadvantaged groups and individuals and developing services in response to their specific needs;
  • Working with our customers to continually improve services through regular feedback campaigns;
  • The library’s “Find your favourite library” campaign consisting of a series of TikTok videos and student reviews. The campaign raised awareness of the range of library spaces across UCL.

To gain Compliance Plus an organisation must show that it has exceeded the standards expected or “demonstrated exceptional practice or can be used as an exemplar for others within or beyond your sector”.

Peter Dennison, Head of Customer Service, said:

“This is an outstanding result which is testament to the hard work that all colleagues put into maintaining our high standards of customer service within LCCOS”.

How CSE is assessed 

CSE Accreditation is awarded by the Cabinet Office. Organisations are assessed against 57 criteria in the areas of Customer Insight, the Culture of the Organisation, Information and Access, Delivery and Timeliness, and Quality of Service. The accreditation process runs in a three-year cycle which includes two annual surveillance visits to ensure that CSE is used effectively as a tool for continuous improvement.