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Syllabus The Evaluation of Collection Shelving Quality 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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Marilee Creelan, Rebecca Fehrenbach, and Jacqueline Rodgers
wish to submit a paper in the Benchmarking category entitled "A Benchmark for
Quality Shelving: Weaving our Way through the Stacks" This three-part study began with an investigation and assessment of the book and journal shelving quality in the Greenblatt Library at the Medical College of Georgia. Part one developed a systematic plan for evaluating the quality of shelving in the book and journal collections. The study was accomplished through the use of cumulative historical data and observations in the collections. The study also compared results in each area (books and journals) to see if one type of collection had a significantly higher/lower shelving quality/standard. The next step was distribution of a fifteen question survey through the Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors (AAHSLD) to gather data on the shelving/shelf-reading methodology used by other libraries. Some of the issues addressed included collection size, annual circulation, time required to re-shelve, and the perceived level of accuracy for re-shelving. Other questions addressed staff training, frequency of shelf-reading, error rates and the time and cost of shelf reading the entire collection. The survey also asked what process or mathematical formula was used to determine the cost of shelf reading. Finally, we used Excel to collate the data. An understanding of how other health science libraries accomplish the task of returning items to the shelves will allow us to benchmark ourselves against the results. |
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