The world's leading collection management solution for public libraries

collectionHQ's powerful Management Module is based on the proven Evidence Based Stock Management methodology.

This gives clear advice, via Collection Action Plans, on what to do with your collection at item level in order to maximise its effectiveness and generate more turnover.

All of collectionHQ's Collection Action Plans can be output directly from the application electronically. They can also be sent to any RFID handheld reader directly.

On average, 12% of our UK clients' collection is MISSING before they start using collectionHQ.

collectionHQ offers useful tools to help identify missing and long overdue items from the catalog.

Customer Service

Most libraries are promoting their OPACs as a way for customers to discover and reserve items. If 12% of items on that catalog are actually missing then 12% of requests will result in frustration, wasted time and poor customer service experience.

Performance Reporting

When reporting Stock Turn figures, clearly an accurate collection size is imperative.

Collection editing and weeding of under utilized (Dead) and worn out (Grubby) items is an important part of managing any collection. Finding the time to do this can often be difficult. collectionHQ brings considerable time savings by carrying out detailed collection analysis and its Collection Action Plans give clear recommendations as to which titles need to be inspected/removed.

collectionHQ's sophisticated swapping and transfer algorithms allow you to intelligently rotate your material in order to maximize its usage and to generate more circulation from your collection.

Supply:Demand Balancing

collectionHQ matches supply in one library with demand in another – creating Action Plans to transfer material to meet this demand without resorting to costly and often unnecessary purchases.

Best Value

collectionHQ offers a number of Action Plans which help achieve Best Value. For example one of the plans allows you to replace worn out, grubby material at one branch with under-utilized, dead copies of the same item from another branch.

Resource Sharing

On a wider scale, collectionHQ can be set up to allow greater resource sharing between library branches allowing branches to swap material based on relative demand.