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Making a collection count : a holistic approach to library collection management / Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Witney, Oxford, UK : CP/Chandos Publishing, 2013.Edition: Second editionDescription: xix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781843347606 (print)
  • 1843347601 (print)
  • 9781780634418 (online)
Other title:
  • Holistic approach to library collection management
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.2/1 23
LOC classification:
  • Z687 HIB 2013
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Life cycle of a collection. Collection management policies -- Selection -- Purchasing/acquisitions -- Processing and cataloging -- Shelving -- Use -- Repair and maintenance -- Check-in -- Weeding -- Conclusion -- Understanding your workflow. Selection -- Purchasing/acquisitions -- Processing -- Shelving -- Circulation -- Weeding -- Workflow analysis improves efficiency -- The critical questions -- Collection metrics. The circulation metric -- Other collection metrics -- Collection audit -- Statistical sample -- Conclusion -- Physical inventory. Making physical inventory a regular practice -- Developing a plan -- Shelf list -- What you will discover -- ILS features for inventory -- Statistics. Collection use -- Collection age -- Collection turnover -- Putting it together -- Creating collection objectives and benchmarks. Vision statements and mission statements -- Collection management policies -- Collection objectives -- Creating benchmarks -- Holistic benchmarking: overall collection performance -- Collection organization. Physical space -- Classification systems -- Ergonomics -- Signage -- Displays -- Conclusion -- Collection budgets. Vendors -- Alternative funding sources -- Formats -- Sharing -- Collection philosophy -- 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 -- Appendix A: Public library collection management policy -- Appendix B: Strategic content negotiation for the small library.
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Item in Short loan Item in Short loan Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction Z 687 HIB 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 029526 Available MzULM-029526

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Life cycle of a collection. Collection management policies -- Selection -- Purchasing/acquisitions -- Processing and cataloging -- Shelving -- Use -- Repair and maintenance -- Check-in -- Weeding -- Conclusion -- Understanding your workflow. Selection -- Purchasing/acquisitions -- Processing -- Shelving -- Circulation -- Weeding -- Workflow analysis improves efficiency -- The critical questions -- Collection metrics. The circulation metric -- Other collection metrics -- Collection audit -- Statistical sample -- Conclusion -- Physical inventory. Making physical inventory a regular practice -- Developing a plan -- Shelf list -- What you will discover -- ILS features for inventory -- Statistics. Collection use -- Collection age -- Collection turnover -- Putting it together -- Creating collection objectives and benchmarks. Vision statements and mission statements -- Collection management policies -- Collection objectives -- Creating benchmarks -- Holistic benchmarking: overall collection performance -- Collection organization. Physical space -- Classification systems -- Ergonomics -- Signage -- Displays -- Conclusion -- Collection budgets. Vendors -- Alternative funding sources -- Formats -- Sharing -- Collection philosophy -- 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 -- Appendix A: Public library collection management policy -- Appendix B: Strategic content negotiation for the small library.

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