Making a Collection Count ：A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management ( Chandos Information Professional Series )

Publication subTitle ：A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management

Publication series ：Chandos Information Professional Series

Author： Hibner   Holly;Kelly   Mary  

Publisher： Elsevier Science‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9781780630397

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781843346067

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781843346067

Subject： G25 Library Science;G72 Adult education, continuation education

Keyword： 信息与知识传播

Language： ENG

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Description

Making a Collection Count connects the various pieces of library collection management, such as selection, cataloguing, shelving, circulation and weeding, and teaches readers how to gather and analyze data from each point in a collection’s life cycle. Relationships between collections and other library services, such as reference, programming, and technology, are also explored. The result is a quality collection that is clean, current, relevant, and useful, and which connects and highlights various library services.

  • Offers practical applications for collection librarians and managers who are practitioners in the field. It is more than just a theoretical discussion of collection quality and collection management because useful, realistic advice is offered
  • This is not a book about collection development. It is unique in that the focus is on collection quality: making the most of a library collection budget, performing physical inventory, and gathering/using data and statistics about collections
  • Broad, international appeal to various library types: public, academic, school, and special

Chapter

Cover

Making a Collection Count: A holistic approach to library collection management

Copyright

Contents

List of figures

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Life cycle of a collection

Collection management policies

Selection: staff collaboration

Purchasing/Acquisitions

Processing

Shelving

Use

Check-in

Weeding

Conclusion

Works cited

2 Understanding your workflow

Selection

Purchasing/Acquisitions

Processing

Shelving

Circulation

Weeding

Workflow analysis improves efficiency

The critical questions

3 Collection audit and using statistics

Auditing the library collection

Statistics

4 Physical inventory

Making physical inventory a regular practice

Developing a plan

Shelf list

What you will discover

ILS features for inventory

Why should staff spend time on physical inventory?

Works cited

5 Creating collection objectives and benchmarks

Vision statements and mission statements

Collection management policies

Collection objectives

Creating benchmarks

Holistic benchmarking: overall collection performance

Works cited

6 Collection organization

Physical space

Classification systems

Ergonomics

Signage

Displays

Conclusion

Works cited

7 Making the most of a library collection budget

Vendors

Alternate funding sources

Formats

Sharing

Collection philosophy

Works cited

8 Everything is connected

Holistic library service

How staff impact collections in a holistic library

How staff impact the facility

How staff impact technology

Connections to other library services

Evaluating library services holistically

Conclusion

Works cited

Appendix A Public library collection management policy

Table of contents

[Public Library] collection management policy

Useful Links

Appendix B Strategic content negotiation for the small library

Introduction

Preparing for the negotiation

Negotiation

After the negotiation

Index

Cover

Making a Collection Count: A holistic approach to library collection management

Copyright

Contents

List of figures

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Life cycle of a collection

2 Understanding your workflow

3 Collection audit and using statistics

4 Physical inventory

5 Creating collection objectives and benchmarks

6 Collection organization

7 Making the most of a library collection budget

8 Everything is connected

Appendix A Public library collection management policy

Appendix B Strategic content negotiation for the small library

Index

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