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Interview with Solus: Smarter Collection Management

We caught up with Neil Wishart, CEO of leading library technology provider, Solus, and Liz McGettigan, President of the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals Scotland (CILIPs) and former Head … Continued

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World Book Day – Top Children’s Fiction

It’s World Book Day – the biggest celebration of books and reading that involves children worldwide (www.worldbookday.com/about/). To celebrate, we’re excited to share an exclusive look at the top circulating Children’s … Continued

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Conservative Weeding Isn’t Crazy: The Almost Dead Experiment by Matt Smith, Kalamazoo Public Library

  What’s a rational weeding philosophy? When is a book really dead? 6 months? 2 years? 4 years? More importantly: how do we know? Progressive, cool libraries stick to a 180 … Continued

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Marketing in Public Libraries

When budgets are tight and staff time is already stretched between collection maintenance tasks and serving patrons, a marketing plan can be regarded as “nice to have” rather than an … Continued

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Using a Methodology

  WHAT IS A METHODOLOGY? A methodology can be defined as a set of guidelines or “methods” that can be applied to a certain practice to achieve a defined goal. … Continued