FW: [Publib] Test Prep Books

[Sue Bowser]

What! You can keep ASVAB and GED books for a whole year?  At any library
I've ever worked at the question of replacements for them has been how often
do we replace the stolen or never returned copies - quarterly, twice a year,
or yearly.  People in Minnesota must be much more honest than the folks in
Pennsylvania.  Either that or Stephen King's Library Police works in your
library.

Sue Bowser
Manager, Adult Services
Lancaster Public Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602
(717) 239-2117
sbowser at lancaster.lib.pa.us

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Deana Cunningham
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:23 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Test Prep Books

Hello out there in PubLib Land:

Does anyome have a rule of thumb for how often test preparation books
need to be replaced? Do you manually check every year to see if there
have been updates? Is it important to replace the books whenever they
release a new edition or only when the test itself has changed? And
how do you find out if there have been changes to the tests? We have
quite a few for different civil service jobs as well as ASVAB and GED
books and replacing them all every year would be financially
restrictive. We do have access to LearningExpress Library, but many
of our patron prefer a book they can take home to study from, and I
am looking for guidelines from those of you who are in the know!

Thanks,

Deana



Deana L. Cunningham, Director
Harrison Community Library
105 E. Main St., PO Box 380
Harrison, MI 48625
(989)539-6711
d.cunningham at vlc.lib.mi.us
www.harrisonlibrary.net

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