Here are the guidelines we use at Portland Community College. Our
collection is about the same age:
Popular Collection guidelines
The role of the PCC Library Popular Collection is to support leisure
reading to strengthen literacy skills, to attract students to the library,
and to provide access to the popular titles students would like to read,
which is consistent with the library's role as a user-centered service.
Here are some guidelines about the collection:
- Most of the book titles in the collection will be popular fiction
that is less than five years old.
- The collection will also include memoir, humor, and popular
nonfiction. Only nonfiction titles on a national best sellers list should
be purchased for the popular collection.
- Purchasing for the popular collection will be overseen by librarians
serving as leaders on the Collection Development committee. Other
librarians, students and staff will be encouraged to make recommendations
about what should be purchased, which will be routed to the librarian
overseeing the collection that term. The assigned librarian will monitor
the budget and ensure equitable distribution among the campuses.
*Suggestions
should be emailed to the coordinating librarian.*
- The Popular Collection will be weeded annually to keep the shelves
fresh.
- Preference for paperback if the title is out in both, but hardback is
fine if not.
We weed based on use and space. When the shelves get crowded, we run a list
of total checkouts and the last checkout date, and weed from there. At the
librarian's judgement, the item might be moved into the literature section
of the general collection, or sent to the booksale program.
Tony Greiner
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:41 AM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a leisure reading collection we started about 3 years ago and were
> wondering what other libraries did with theirs:
>
>
> - Selection criteria?
> - Do these items go to a new books shelves area first?
> - How long do the items stay on the shelves?
> - Do you keep items on the shelf if they circulate more often?
>
>
> Feel free to respond to me directly, and thanks in advance for the
> feedback.
>
> Kathleen
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> Kathleen Baril
> Collections and Electronic Resources Librarian
> Heterick Memorial Library
> Ohio Northern University
> k-baril_at_onu.edu
> 419-772-2188
>
>
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Portland Community College Library, Oregon
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Also, Faculty Advisor to PCC's student newspaper, "The Bridge"
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