Evidence, in practice

A decade-long collectionHQ customer cut Dead on Arrival stock from 17.5% to 14.1% while lifting DEI representation from 21.9% to 24.9% — by promoting books rather than weeding them.

Manual tagging showed the diversity of new material but never the whole collection. DEI Analysis gave Oak Park a holistic view across twelve industry-respected DEI topics.

A floating collection was pooling at certain branches, and diverse purchasing was tracked on spreadsheets. A methodical Collection Check rollout across ten locations changed both.

A renovation prompted a large-scale weed. Keeping the collection at that standard with a small team wearing multiple hats needed structure, consistency and benchmarks over time.

In the UK's second most culturally diverse borough, DEI Analysis gave Brent the evidence to show that public money is being spent fairly and transparently.

Four UK library services on increasing stock usage, maximising existing material, discovering new titles and monitoring performance — including Lewisham cutting dead stock from 25% to 17%.

Decisions at Gosnells' four libraries once relied on anecdotal evidence. collectionHQ put budgets, catalogue accuracy and promotion on a data footing — and lifted borrows of overlooked items by up to 87%.