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If you can follow a cookbook, you can use these simple "recipes" to come up with statistics for analysis and management of your collection. Using measures of timeliness, relevancy, use percentages, user profiles, and comparisons, you can determine in quantitative ways the quality of your library's collection.

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• Introduction(p. v)
• 1 Management Objectives(p. 1)
• 2 Gathering and Analyzing Collection Data(p. 15)
• 3 Weeding(p. 59)
• Appendixes
• A Alternate Ways to Do Data Analysis(p. 75)
• B Further Reading for Research and School Library Media Centers(p. 85)

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Building on respected models, the authors have produced a practical guide for managing and evaluating small library and school media center collections. Their definition of collection includes the traditional concept as well as holdings that extend beyond the modern library's walls. Among the topics that are covered are management objectives and techniques for gathering and analyzing collection data. The often-overlooked area of decision making that encompasses storage, discarding, and retention is included. Templates provide investigation and reporting techniques that are manageable for a small staff or one-person library. Sampling techniques and analysis of collection age and use as well as «cost to change» deliberation are included in this comprehensive, field-tested manual. RBB.