Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] [External] Popular Reading Collections at Academic Libraries

We have had good results with the Baker & Taylor leasing program as well.  We pay for it with our lost book fund.  I solicit suggestions for titles from all library staff; some people know some subjects and genres better than others.  We get a mix of fiction and nonfiction; there are some NYT bestsellers on there, but most of them are not.  I'm still surprised at what gets checked out and what doesn't.  We've had the plan since 2013, and it's been very popular.  Feel free to contact me if you want to know more.


Lonnie


Lonnie Beene, M.L.S., M.A.
Head of Library Technical Services/Assistant Professor
Frazar Memorial Library
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, Louisiana
(337) 475-5724



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We have had a lease program with Baker and Taylor for years for their popular reading program.  I don't know if they still work with academic markets (I think we are grandfathered in) but I get a monthly list of new titles and have a group of staff who help me select 25 titles per month.  Every month, I will also pull the oldest 25 titles to send back to B&T.  I check usage and if the title has over a certain amount of circulation and is vaguely academic, I may add it to our collection.  There is a component of the lease program where we are allowed to keep books.


http://www.baker-taylor.com/promo_details.cfm?id=233



It has worked out great for us and it's a highly used collection.


We pay for it every year out of a gift fund.



Stacey



Stacey Marien

Acquisitions Librarian

American University

4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW

Library Technical Services

Spring Valley – Room 148

Washington, DC 20016

smarien_at_american.edu<mailto:smarien_at_american.edu>

202-885-3842

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 3:27 PM Kliever, Julia <jkliever_at_providence.edu<mailto:jkliever_at_providence.edu>> wrote:
Hello Mark!

So this is really interesting!  We have traditionally NOT purchased for popular reading; it does not align with our collection development policy. However, we know there's a demand, so we've finally decided to budget for Brodart's McNaughton Bestsellers Collection. We won't be buying books, just leasing them. We were planning to key off of the NYT Bestseller list as well, mostly for non-fiction. But, as you say, this may not align with the college-age demographic, I as well am not sure the NYT lists reflect that.

I'd be interested to see a summary of your responses, if you got any!

Thanks!

Julie


Julie Kliever
 Collections Services Librarian
 Phillips Memorial Library
 Providence College
 One Cunningham Square
 Providence RI 02918
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HI, All!

I was asked to post the query here as well as Colldv, so I apologize for any duplication in your inboxes.. I'm fleshing the question out a bit here, too.

I did a quick archives search for the past year on Colldv and found nothing on how librarians are purchasing for popular reading collections.  We really want to move away from NYT Best Sellers and concentrate on titles that the college demographic wants. Any thoughts? Any forums for sharing popular novels on various campuses with other potential purchasing academic libraries?

For example, the recent literature shows that college students want more science fiction and fantasy as well as other genres, these are things that the NYT BS list doesn't do so well and Amazon can help a little. (Ah for the old days of Book Circles on Amazon!). A friend suggest Book Riot (as well as Good Reads), but I think it would be useful to have communications between academic librarians with regard to what is flying off the shelves at individual campuses fiction-wise.. Or maybe it already exists! Or maybe that's just me!
Or maybe it's Maybelline?

Anyway, what tools are y'all using for collection development?


Thanks!

Mark
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