The PLA Blog » collection management http://plablog.org Official Blog of the Public Library Association Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:02:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 2006-2008 contact@plablog.org (Public Library Association) contact@plablog.org (Public Library Association) 1440 http://plablog.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/PLABlog_144.png The PLA Blog » collection management http://plablog.org 144 144 The official blog of the Public Library Association Public Library Association Public Library Association contact@plablog.org no no Collection Management in Public Libraries http://plablog.org/2008/07/collection-management-in-public-libraries.html http://plablog.org/2008/07/collection-management-in-public-libraries.html#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:23:46 +0000 Rose Frase http://plablog.org/?p=1043 This was a discussion forum Monday morning primarily attended by Collection Development managers of various public library systems. Discussion topics were proposed by attendees as they introduced themselves, and floating collections was one of the big topics. Several libraries had implemented floating (including mine), and we were able to share some best practices. Other topics included AV vendors and downloadable media. Recommended e-mail discussion lists were

publib http://lists.webjunction.org/publib/

Urban Libraries’ list (must be a member of Urban Libraries Council) http://www.urbanlibraries.org/join/index.html.

 

While I was occasionally able to share information about my library system, this forum wasn’t useful for branch staff, such as myself, who are more interested in sharing best practices of day-to-day collection maintenance and development. When I asked about a better forum for such discussion, I was referred to the publib discussion group. After the session, I was able to connect with a few other attendees who were like-minded, and we are planning on sharing weeding guidelines, training, etc.

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