Strategies for successful collection development and weeding :

BNC Library San Jose experience

BNC Library San Jose

Main BNC San Jose branch manages collection development and weeding policies through the cataloguing section

It has 4 main branches with libraries

5 extension branches (partnerships)

There are policies for collection development and weeding.

Collection development •Experts evaluate the collection

•English teaching collection is evaluated by the Curriculum Development Department

• Institutional academic programs and plans

• Depends on budget

Collection development • Purchase, donation, and exchanges and grants provide by the US Embassy.

• How is the material selected: user’s survey (students, teachers and library users)

• Suggestion box

• Inventory and collection age (10 years) and technology (3 years)

Collection development •Multimedia:

Movies (documentaries – commercial – classics) •Netlibrary: •English teaching (Curriculum Development) •National English plan (MEP and Costa Rica Multilingue)

Collection development • Netlibrary:

• Students: E-books (reading and writing BNC English Program E- Audio books (listening, speaking and pronunciation)

Collection development • Weeding procedures:

ContentLength of use Redundancy – superseded Ability Physical condition

Collection development • Donations procedures:

Meets BNC library collection development criteria

Duplicates are shared with other branches

Books are donated to other institutions

Book sale

Collection development • Magazines policy: (31 titles)

At the library for one or two years according to the topic.Part of the didactic material (for ESL) Go to other branches Donated to public universities libraries and government institutions

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