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If you are interested in further information about Brodart products and services, call the number below or email us:
PRODUCT & SERVICE INFORMATION
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Phone: (800) 474-9816
Email: support@brodart.com
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If you are uncertain where to find help at Brodart, start by contacting our customer service department:
CUSTOMER SERVICE
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Phone: (800) 474-9802
Email: bookscs@brodart.com
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Community & library profiling.
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Help with popularity and quality.
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Systematic collection analysis and supplemental lists when needed.
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Budgeting and scheduling assistance. |
For more information on the key factors that influence the success, complexity and cost of an opening day collection, click here.
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Opening Day Services
Selecting titles for an opening day collection in partnership with a public library is a complex task. There are many different ways to approach such projects and the manner a library prefers influences the results in many ways. However, there are three basic approaches, each with its own variables:
 Brodart-supplied selection lists and local selection
Collection replication by Brodart
Brodart Vendor Selection
When we provide selection lists, they may be based on a wide variety of factors a library specifies. Most of the important factors are described below. However, the central issue is the extent of local decision-making and the degree to which Brodart provides judgment. In the case of Brodart-supplied selection lists, a local library makes final selection choices from our lists. Collection replication involves a greater degree of our intervention in the process. Vendor selection is the collection development process that is completely or almost completely outsourced, relying to a great extent on Brodart librarians' judgment.
The Process
Profile - All opening day collections begin with a profiling process of community description, collection goals, list requirements, budgets, and target volumes.
Planning & Scheduling - After the library completes the profile, we have meetings or conference calls to discuss the profile, the requirements, and the schedule.
Local Selection - Then we begin the production of the selection lists, systematically working through the entire collection. If the library staff is selecting, the lists are sent to them in paper or electronic format (which can include Bibz.com).
Brodart Selection - If we are selecting, those lists go to our selectors with your profile and instructions on target volumes for each category, and you may exercise the option of reviewing our work and making modifications.
Costs - There are typically no additional charges for selection lists to be used by library staff. Charges for vendor selection vary based on the "degree of difficulty." These charges can either be handled through a flat fee for services on a separate invoice or through a per book charge added to your cataloging and processing fee. All this would be negotiable based on your requirements and overall plan for your projects.
The Benefits of Outsourcing O.D.C.s
Opening day collections can be very time-consuming, especially for an already busy staff. Keeping up with the daily needs of an existing library while simultaneously assembling a new one can tax library resources to a painful extent. So enlisting Brodart to either produce customized selection lists and/or to perform actual selection can save the day.
Library Commitment
For the best results, a library must commit itself to communicating policies, practices, desires, and needs very clearly for both adult and juvenile materials. The better Brodart's understanding of your particular approach and needs, the better the results will be. In addition, though a library will spend less time in actual selection, there is an investment in managing the project, evaluating and giving feedback to us. Those two investments of time and effort from a library will assure an excellent, on-time and on-budget collection.
The Benefits of Development Assistance
Development assistance involves Brodart providing custom-tailored selection lists from which a library makes purchasing choices. In the process of creating these lists Brodart applies its professional knowledge, data and collection development tools to deliver the following:
Up-to-date availability information
Popularity and quality assessments
Comparisons with a library's current holdings
Lists in tune with a particular community's needs
Lists in that follow a library's collection philosophies
A systematic coverage of an entire collection
Supplemental lists for new titles and specific areas
Careful budgeting, scheduling, fund accounting and reporting
The local library maintains control of (and assumes responsibility for) final selection decisions (both titles and quantities).
The Benefits of Brodart Selection
In addition to the benefits of our assistance, described above, our selection services deliver the following:
Brodart's professional librarians' tools and expertise choose titles
The library's staff time is used most efficiently
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