Making a Collection Count Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly http://awfullibrarybooks.net Making a Collection Count and image Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly
Collection Life Cycle Selection Weed or Replace Acquisitions Repair & Maintenance Processing & Cataloging Re-Shelving Checkout (Use) Shelving Image Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly
Collection Management Policies Management = control and attention Development = growth Image attribution: George Goodwin Kilburne [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Collection Management Policy Include: General selection criteria Genres, formats, and collections Cooperatives or resource sharing Preservation, conservation, maintenance Weeding efforts Holds to copies ratio Image attribution: By GNOME icon artists (GNOME SVN / GNOME FTP) [GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
Collection Objectives Collection policy states how the collection will fulfill the mission Collection objectives detail the purpose of each collection and criteria for selection. Image attribute: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fctgxofet_c/tb1pcr21aai/aaaaaaaaac0/vhkry61sk4m/s1600/arrowtarget (Licenced for reuse)
Collection Benchmarks How is the collection performing? Image attribute: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/ballerina_logo.png (Licensed for reuse)
The How and Why Wonder Book of Beginning Science Notkin 1960
Image attribution: https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5517/10880479994_4c9ae1233f_h.jpg Sorting
The Circulation Metric Define circulation Check-out, renewal, and check-in? Is that three metrics or one? Image attribute: Public Domain CC0 http://pixabay.com/p-97640/?no_redirect
Circulations Over Time
Decorating to Please Him Bradford 1970
Group Metrics Group metrics describe the activity of a whole collection. How does one collection perform compared to another? How old is the collection? How do e-books compare to print? What items are likely to be damaged?
Average Age vs. Median Age
Early Detection: Breast Cancer is Curable Strax 1974
How To Sell Your Car for More Than It s Worth Hill 1977
Relative Use Collection Size Total Circulation
Item Metrics Item metrics describe the activity of a single item in the collection. How does its use compare to other titles? How old is it? What is its physical condition? Is there an updated edition available? Is there a better title?
The New Hotdog Cookbook Roate 1968
The Second Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes From Famous Eating Places Kennedy 1954
Applehead Dolls for Pleasure and Profit Dotson 1962
Hand and Rod Puppets: A Handbook of Technique Fettig translated by Susanne Forster 1973
Physical Inventory Compare what you actually have to what the computer says you should have. Image: http://web.calstatela.edu/univ/police/images/emergency_clipboard.gif (labeled for reuse)
What You ll Discover Inaccurate call numbers Mislabeled items Items marked missing Items that are weird!
Be Bold with Bananas Banana Control Board 1970
Diet, Crime, and Delinquency Schauss 1981
Brass Rubbing Norris 1966
Weeding Weeding criteria Who s job is it?
A good library is like a good haircut. It s not what you cut it s what you leave. CREW, Anne Felix, Grand Prairie (TX) Public Library System
But the public doesn t get it
But it s historical
But someone might need it
But I don t have time
But it was an award winner!
But it was a gift!
Weeding Personalities The Hoarder The Randomizer The Professor The Snob
Weeding Made Easy Step 3: Stupid
Avoid the Weeding Frenzy
What are people supposed to think?
Case #1: San Francisco 1996 - Neglected to get staff on board - Inadequate planning of disposal - Careless weeding? http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-03/news/ls-40094_1_san-francisco-public-library
Case #2: Fairfax County 2013 - Improper disposal of items - Poor planning and execution - Lack of input on new plan by staff and patrons http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/09/library-services/books-in-dumpsters-spark-debate-on-future-of-fairfax-county-va-libraries/
Case #3: Urbana Free Library 2013 - Mismanagement, policy not followed - Too much too fast - Inadequate preparation - No public explanation http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-06-14/library-director-says-mistake-was-made-book-weeding.html
Case #4: Berkeley Public Library 2015 - Too much too fast - Inadequate staff preparation and participation - Lack of documentation http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_28446633/berkeley-library-discard-process-criticized
Everything is Connected Image attribute: http://assets.antiguaobserver.com/2012/05/chain-links-2.jpg (Labeled for reuse)
The Computer from A to Z Kalman 1999
Hand Feeding Baby Birds Cooper 1979
Bruce Jenner s Guide to the Olympics Jenner and Abraham 1979
Fashion Cats Iwasa 2011
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