Maintaining Excellent Collection Development

Maintaining Excellent
Collection Development
presented by
Jeremy Bolom
Lincoln Parish Library—Ruston, LA

What is collection development?
O Definition
O Part of the life cycle of materials.
O And, it’s really FUN!

The BIG Picture
Why are you collecting it?
vs.
For whom are you collecting?

To build a collection
O Policy
Oor, library collection vision
O Procedures
Oor, what, how and by whom
O Budget
Oor, how much is spent

I love a good collection!
O What are you collecting?
O Subjects
O Genres
O Ages
O Formats
O Where do you put it?
O Collections
O Locations

Collecting 2‐Step
1. Examine available items for purchase.
O Does it fit in the collection?
O Review performance of similar items.
O For nonfiction: age of last item on subject?
O An item of quality?
O Consider return on investment.
O Ideal location/collection for item?
2. Select item.

That dirty little word
Selection
vs.
Censorship

Tools of the Trade
O Vendors
O Publishers
O Professional review sources
O Patrons
O Front-line feedback
O ILS reports

Tending your collection
Collection Management
O Weeding
O Conservation vs. Replacement
O New collections

Questions?
O Resources:
O Johnson, Peggy. Fundamentals of Collection
Development and Management, 3rd ed. Chicago: ALA
Editions, 2014.
O Haycock, Ken and Brook E. Sheldon, eds. The Portable
MLIS: Insights from the Experts. Westport, CT: Libraries
Unlimited, 2008.
O Everyday working knowledge. :-P
Jeremy Bolom—Lincoln Parish Library--Ruston, LA
jbolom@mylpl.org

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