Scottsdale Public Library, AZ
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.
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Key Benefits
The adoption of collectionHQ has helped this library to:
- Manage and replace stock effectively despite staff reductions and budget cuts
- Efficiently identify and replace overused stock
- Make use of underused items by moving such materials to locations where they are of more interest
- Order new stock based on evidence of what items are circulating well and what will interest their patrons
- Put staff time to good use due to the simple and thorough process involved in the software which eliminates the use of manual reports and analysis