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Materials selection is at the heart of every great library. As a professional, you know your patrons, your holdings and the changing circulation and usage demands of today. The challenge is to master the rapid growth of new materials and services. Then, you must find the appropriate place for each.

Brodart Collection Development can help. Our Collection Development department is renowned for the quality and timeliness of the selection assistance we provide.




The Collection Builder program provides selection lists based on criteria defined by a library to fulfill its specific needs. These customized lists cover all age levels and subject areas and can be tightly focused or cover an entire collection.

To learn how to streamline selection, click here.

TIPS is our pioneering system for previewing and selecting upcoming material. It focuses on identifying important work that will be published in the near future. Selection criteria include:

  Age Ranges
  Publishers
  Series
  Authors & Illustrators
  Subject Categories
  Classification Ranges
  Publication Dates
  Media
  ...or any combination thereof

For TIPS info, click here.

We provide full text reviews from a variety of sources. These can be used by TIPS to select material and they are available in our online tools for title-by-title review.

For more information about the review sources that are available to TIPS and for online viewing in BIBZ and 1stPick, click here.


Vendor Selection involves careful analysis of a library's needs and preferences to select the right books for a specific community.

To learn more... click here .


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