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
ron-driven-acquisition-whats-in-it-for-me
