Lexington
Presentation
Syllabus
The Evaluation of Collection Shelving Quality
Quality Shelving Survey
MCG's Response
AASHLD Responses
Analysis
Charts / Graphs
Handouts
Methodology Used for the Greenblatt Library
Research Study on Quality Shelving
A Benchmark for Quality Shelving:
Weaving Our Way Through the Stacks
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Greenblatt Library
- What is the approximate size of your collection?
Books 68,808; Journals 102,055
- How many items circulate annually?
Books - 24216; Journals 12,019
- How quickly are items re-shelved? Note: (Average number of hours.) 24 Hours
- Using circulation statistics, how many items (reserve, checkouts and in house use) are
re-shelved per year?
Books
Journals
Other
Total |
39,979
102,889
33,105
175,973 |
- What is your perceived level of accuracy regarding shelving books?
>95%.
How do you measure the above?
See 685 Study
- What percentage of your staff shelves books and journals?
10 Library Assistants
- How many hours a month are spent on shelving? 300-400
- Who is responsible for shelf reading and how often is your collection read?
Library Assistants and LInC Staff ( ongoing and twice per year)
- Approximately how long would it take to shelf read your entire collection (in hours) and
what process or mathematical formula did you use to figure this estimate process or
mathematical formula.
24.38
- What section in your collection seems to have the most shelving errors?
Books
- Approximately how many books and journals are lost or missing each year?
42
- Are the most frequently used items also the most frequently mis-shelved?
No
- What methods do you use to train your staff in shelving or shelf reading?
(B) Train by shadowing
- How do you normally track down a missing book or journal?
Fill out a search request and assign staff to search for it on a regular basis
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