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Rebuilding stock management after deep budget cuts
After service closures, a third fewer librarians and a change of LMS, South Gloucestershire used collectionHQ to re-establish a collection management process — and gave dead stock a second life worth 9,017 extra circulations.
South Gloucestershire Council Libraries
South Gloucestershire, UK
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Curating an inclusive collection at Evanston Public Library
A decade-long collectionHQ customer cut Dead on Arrival stock from 17.5% to 14.1% while lifting DEI representation from 21.9% to 24.9% — by promoting books rather than weeding them.
Evanston Public Library
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Curating an inclusive collection at Oak Park Public Library
Manual tagging showed the diversity of new material but never the whole collection. DEI Analysis gave Oak Park a holistic view across twelve industry-respected DEI topics.
Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
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A single platform to manage materials and gauge usage
A floating collection was pooling at certain branches, and diverse purchasing was tracked on spreadsheets. A methodical Collection Check rollout across ten locations changed both.
Marin County Free Library
Marin County, California, USA
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Right-sizing the collection and improving efficiencies
A renovation prompted a large-scale weed. Keeping the collection at that standard with a small team wearing multiple hats needed structure, consistency and benchmarks over time.
Mary Riley Styles Public Library
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Introducing DEI Analysis at Brent Council
In the UK's second most culturally diverse borough, DEI Analysis gave Brent the evidence to show that public money is being spent fairly and transparently.
Brent Council Libraries
London Borough of Brent, UK
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Improving the library user experience with collectionHQ
Four UK library services on increasing stock usage, maximising existing material, discovering new titles and monitoring performance — including Lewisham cutting dead stock from 25% to 17%.
Lewisham, Fife, Durham and South Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
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