Author: Holly
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Down with the Sickness
Germs make me sick: A Health Handbook for Kids Donahue and Capellaro 1975 Submitter: This is a cute little book, that sadly is very out of date. Although I am no longer working in a public library, I have to imagine people would be asking for information on Enterovirus D-68…
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Shelf Balancing, Part 1
Originally published on March 1, 2011 at http://hhibner.blogspot.com/2011/03/shelf-balancing-study.html Image creative commons courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/61056899 Comment from Holly on 11/19/2014: This is a series of posts I wrote in 2011. It was a HUGE project, so rather than update all the data, I’m leaving the post as it was originally published.…
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Masculine Men
The American Male: A Penetrating Look at the Masculinity Crisis. Brenton 1966 Submitter: Well Boohoo! Men being oppressed. Let me get a tissue. 1966? I can understand this book being in an academic library. A public library? Patrons need updated info on topics like this. Holly: Here is a link…
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Collection Policy vs. Guidelines
My library has a Materials Selection Policy that is roughly a page and a half long. We also have a separate, five page “Collection Management Guidelines” document for staff. Here’s the difference: Materials Selection Policy The word policy means it’s official. It has been blessed by the Library Board and…
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Another Baby Step in Collection Analysis
As we discussed in my post Using Excel in Collection Analysis, go slow and work a small data set into the ground until you feel comfortable. While you are in “learning mode”, use enough data to fit comfortably on the screen, so you can “see” everything at once. For this example, I…
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Using Excel with Collection Development
Holly and I are in the process of writing a new edition of Making a Collection Count. As we go through the chapters and start really re-thinking the content and updating this book, I really wanted to make the idea of using statistics more palatable to those folks who avoid…
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