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    collectionHQ is the only solution based on the proven Evidence Based Stock Management — EBSM methodology which has been practiced in public libraries for more than 25 years.

    Using EBSM to manage your collection helps to save time, reduce wasteful purchases and better align supply with demand.What’s more, the tool allows you to monitor trends on a local, regional and national level, ensuring that your library is equipped with the hottest titles.

The only tool based on a proven methodology

EBSM is a complete methodology for Collection Performance Improvement which assists librarians in making the management of the collection more effective, more customer focused, less wasteful, more measured and performance based.
Used in libraries for over 21 years, the repeatable EBSM framework uses data from a library’s own ILS/LMS database along with local target settings as its evidence base. The powerful EBSM toolset uses this evidence base to perform complex comparisons between the locally set targets and the current situation to provide a series of action plans to help library staff drive performance towards targets