Serving a population of more than 130,000, the Ferguson Library, CT, covers a main library and 3 branch libraries. collectionHQ was introduced to the library to make collection maintenance more regular and to promote circulation of items.
Vendor Selection takes place when a library chooses to outsource the selection process to suppliers. Librarians who use this technique create profiles listing the materials required at their library which are then sent to the vendor. Using the profiles, vendor selectors can ensure that the library receives the right quantities of current and forthcoming items
which meet those criteria and are within the library’s budget.
Lexington Public Library, KY, consists of a downtown central library and 5 full service branches. Serving a population of 305,000, the library has a book budget of $1.6 million and circulates 575,491 items.
The Scottsdale Public Library is a medium-sized library system in the Phoenix area. It has a fully floating collection of about 525,000 items that serve a wide variety of customers, from the wealthy to retirees to people of middle and lower-income levels. After a period of budget cuts and staff reductions, the library’s director heard about collectionHQ at an industry conference and was interested in how it could help manage the collection and assist with budgeting decisions.