Making a Collection Count
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The document covers collection management principles including lifecycle management, selection criteria, and metrics for evaluating library collections. It emphasizes the importance of analyzing circulation data and maintaining an accurate inventory to ensure effective resource management. The text also highlights the need for diversity and inclusion within collections to engage learners effectively.
Making a Collection Count
- 1. MAKING A COLLECTION COUNT Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly awfullibrarybooks.net
- 3. Management = control and attention Development = growth
- 4. Collection Management Policy GENRES, FORMATS, COLLECTIONS GENERAL SELECTION CRITERIA PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE WEEDING EFFORTS COOPERATIVES & RESOURCE SHARING HOLDS TO COPIES RATIO
- 5. Collection Philosophy Broad vs. Deep Popular materials vs. Well-rounded content Diversity & Inclusion "A quality collection...offers strategies to ensure that learners actively engage with the materials." -Mona Kerby, Introduction to Collection Development for School Librarians
- 6. Collection Objectives Collection policy states how the collection will fulfill the mission. Collection objectives detail the purpose of each collection and criteria for selection.
- 7. Collection Benchmarks How is the collection performing?
- 8. Collection Management Using Reports Reports are not a substitution for physically interacting with the collection.
- 9. ILS Reports No circ prior to <date> Publication date prior to <date> Turnover rate Items marked missing Items extremely overdue Circ by call number range Highest circulating items In-house use Shelf list
- 10. Sorting Every time you sort a report in Excel you get a different piece of information about the collection.
- 11. The Circulation Metric Define circulation: Check-out, renewal, and check-in? Is that three metrics or one?
- 13. Group Metrics 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? Group metrics describe the activity of a whole collection.
- 14. AVERAGE AGE VS. MEDIAN AGE Report carefully Only include similar items This report gives you an idea of how old a group of items skews.
- 16. Item Metrics How does its use compare to other titles? How old is it? What is its physical condition? Is there an updated edition available? DESCRIBE THE ACTIVITY OF A SINGLE ITEM IN THE COLLECTION. Is there a better title?
- 17. Cost Per Use Price of Item/Total Uses = Cost Per Use
- 18. Physical Inventory Compare what you actually have to what the computer says you should have.
- 19. What You'll Discover Inaccurate call numbers Mislabeled items Items marked missing Items that are weird!