ROSSVILLE COMMUNITY LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

Doris Brosz, Mindy Brunkhardt, Julie TempleEmporia State UniversityLI 855

EVALUATION OF CURRENT POLICY“…to meet the needs of the community…”

SUBJECT ANALYSIS

Broad range of subjects Informational and

entertainment needs and interests of the entire community

Significant interests Local history Genealogy

LEVELS ANALYSIS

Popular appeal and demand

Patron requests

SCOPE ANALYSIS Current interest and

permanent value Local interest

Rossville collection Kansas Memory Collaboration

FORMATS ANALYSIS

Changing technology Constant reevaluation of

media Adoption of formats

Cost-effectiveness Availability Popularity

Rossville collection Primary or secondary Any format All periods

NEEDS ASSESSMENTRossville, Shawnee County, Kansas

TopekaRossville

CITY OF ROSSVILLE

Northwest of Topeka

Bedroom community

School system independent of Topeka

RCL PATRONAGE Township library

Library patronage of approximately 2,000 60% from Rossville

40% from area communities

Potawatomi Indian Nation

SMALL TOWN EGOCENTRICITY

Kansas Memory School website

resembles a yearbook

Current policy “to meet the needs

of the community”

POLICY VS. COLLECTIONDoes the collection match the policy?

CURRENT COLLECTION POLICY

Selection Criteria1. Popular appeal/demand2. Importance & value to the collection3. Local interest4. Availability or scarcity of materials on the

subject5. Significance of the subject matter6. Existing library & consortium holdings7. Physical quality & level of durability8. Item cost & overall library budget

NY TIMES BESTSELLER LIST

RCL had 41% of the current bestsellers (29 of 70)

Vague policy, generic collection

“POPULAR APPEAL/DEMAND”

Determination of popularity

Purposefully vague

Patron-driven acquisition

NEKLS circulation statistics

Inconsistency Regulation

MAINTENANCE

Majority of collection replaced in three years

Goal:Maintain an appealing and current collection Periodic and constant

weeding Five-year circulation

requirement

BUDGETING THE COLLECTION“…permanent 15% collections budget cut…”

SMALL BUDGET, HUGE EFFECT

Budget analysis Pre-cut

$12,750

15% cut$1,912.50

Post-cut$10,837.50

DOWN TO THE PENNY

Material

Current

Amount

Percentage

CutAmoun

t

NewAmoun

t

Monograph 7,000 17.75 1,242.50 5,761

DVDs 3,840 10 384 3,456

e-Content 400 15 60 340

Music CDs 360 15 54 306

Video games 1,150 15 172.50 977.50

Total 12,750 14.55 1913 10,837

BUDGET CUT STRATEGY: CONSIDERATIONS TO THE POLICYLook at the policy for ways to cut the budget.

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

No independent electronic resources

Nook Circulates for book

clubs Currently no requests

for specific e-books or e-readers

NEKLS and Kansas Library e-resources

COMPLETE COVERAGE SOURCES

School library collaboration

Community/interest groups

NEKLS

Award winning books

Book reviews & bestseller lists

RESOURCE SHARING

Access to Rossville schools’ library catalog and collection

NEKLS and State Library NEKLS Policy: Cannot

avoid purchasing items because other NEKLS libraries has multiple copies

Cheaper book-purchasing options Rent popular books Lightly-used

previously-owned books

POLICY SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN

Better specify community needs Partnerships

Policy designation Patron-driven acquisition Local and NEKLS

circulation records Top selling items from

Popular lists Major retailers Local bookstores

REFERENCES

http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/overview.html

Evans and Saponaro www.kansasmemory.org City of Rossville. http://www.rossvillekansas.us/ Rossville Community Library.

http://www.rossvillelibrary.org/ http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_townships/searc

h/placename:rossville/county:/submit:SEARCH http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rhs/ http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rgs/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossville,_Kansas http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/rossville_kansas/ http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12020417/pat

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