Managing and analyzing your collection : a practical guide for small libraries and school media centers / Carol A. Doll, Pamela Petrick Barron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doll, Carol Ann, 1949-

Contributor:

Barron, Pamela Petrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collection management (Libraries)--United States--Statistical methods.

Collection management (Libraries).

Small libraries--Collection development--United States--Statistical methods.

Small libraries.

School libraries--Collection development--United States--Statistical methods.

School libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Measure twice, cut once. . . . If you can follow a cookbook, you can use these simple ''recipes''—calculations, formulas, and measurements—to come up with statistics for analysis and management of your collection. Using measures of timeliness, relevancy, use percentages, user profiles, and comparisons, you can determine in quantitative ways the quality of your library's collection. From there, you can communicate its value to your customers and that's the name of the game!. By gathering concrete statistical evidence, you will be in a position to weed appropriately and make decisions about futu

Contents:

INTRODUCTION; ONE Management Objectives; TWO Gathering and Analyzing Collection Data; THREE Weeding; APPENDIX A Alternate Ways to Do Data Analysis; APPENDIX B Further Reading for Research and School Library Media Centers;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-93).

ISBN:

0-8389-9914-X

OCLC:

476043541