[Publib] Re: Centralizing Collection Development

[Rose Frase]

My library system has been doing centralized collection development since the 1980s. They have separate funds for nonprint, reference, databases, adult fiction, periodicals, children's and young adult materials. At first, they used formulas for how many copies different branches would receive at various buying levels (blockbuster status, mid-level author, etc.) These formulas were created from knowledge of the communities for each branch. Now that our library system has a floating collection, it's the total number of copies purchased for the system that matters, not how many copies a branch originally receives. 
The selection staff in Collection Development are assigned material by format, genre, and/or age level. For example, one selector may purchase all music CDs, reference, and all 300s. If you'd like more information, our Coordinator of Collection Development is Lila Wisotzki (410-887-6137, lwisotzk at bcpl.net).
Rose Frase

Assistant Library Manager

Perry Hall Branch

Baltimore County Public Library (MD)

rfrase at bcpl.net
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:05:16 -0400
From: "Gair Helfrich" <ghelfrich at aclsys.org>
Subject: RE: [Publib] Centralizing Collection Development
To: "Maribel Piloto" <pilotom at mdpls.org>, <publib at webjunction.org>

And if you have branches what criteria do you use to determine how many copies of best sellers that each branch gests.

Thanks,

Gair
Gair Helfrich, MLS
Supervising Librarian
Information & Technical Services Manager
Atlantic County Library
40 Farragut Avenue
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
609-625-2776 ext. 6327  Fax: 609-625-8143
ghelfrich at aclsys.org


From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Maribel Piloto
Sent: Sat 6/27/2009 01:22 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Centralizing Collection Development

Hi All,

Those of you out there who are ordering your materials centrally, how are you doing it?   Do you have staff responsible for a specific format or genre (dvds, fiction, young adults, etc.)?   Do any of you have your library system divided into regions and staff selecting for an assigned region?  Do you use system budgets - one pot of money for fiction, another for videos, another for young adults, etc. - or do you break up budgets by branches?  If you don't break up budgets, how do you guarantee that every branch gets an appropriate piece of the pie?

Maribel Piloto
Collection Development Manager
Miami-Dade Public Library System
101  West Flagler St.
Miami, FL 33130
Tel. 305-375-5505  Fax 305-375-3048



      
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