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1. Maximum Flotation* Floating Our CollectionSarasota County Library SystemFlorida Library AssociationMay 6, 2009
2. Who We Are 8 libraries spread across the county. 8 libraries spread across the county.
3. Who We Are
4. What is a floating collection? The tenet of a floating collection is simple: one system, one collection. --LJ, 10/1/04
Items stay where they are returned.
Upon checkin, the location is automatically updated in the catalog. (Andrea)
The tenet of a floating collection is simple: one system, one collection. LJ, 10/1/04
Items stay where they are returned.
Upon checkin, the location is automatically updated in the catalog.(Andrea)
The tenet of a floating collection is simple: one system, one collection. LJ, 10/1/04
Items stay where they are returned.
Upon checkin, the location is automatically updated in the catalog.
5. Why We Floated Floating was done for 3 reasons: the courier, library patrons, and library staff.Floating was done for 3 reasons: the courier, library patrons, and library staff.
6. Who We Are The library system has been moving towards thinking as a system after many years of thinking as individual libraries.The library system has been moving towards thinking as a system after many years of thinking as individual libraries.
7. Who We Are The library system now has centralized collection developed.
Floating would not have been possible without centralized collection development, or it would have been much, much more difficult.The library system now has centralized collection developed.
Floating would not have been possible without centralized collection development, or it would have been much, much more difficult.
8. How We Did It Looking backit was easy!
Formed a Peer Driven Quality Improvement (PDQI) team in October 2007.
Library staff
County Communications Dept.
Facilitator from Emergency Services Dept.
9. What the PDQI Did Guided the project
Researched best practices
Made major decisions and set timelines/deadlines
Planned the implementation
Shared information
Trained
10. The Technical Part
Innovative Interfaces Incorporated (III) ILS
Purchased floating module
Implement floating module
Researched other III libraries experiences
Created float table
Tested everything
11. The Technical Part Running 2 parallel interfaces to ILS
Millennium and ANZIO
That was a problem!
12. The Technical Part Statistics
OWNLOC
Showed the ripples of floating
Database to-dos
Created additional location codes
Created new categories
Cleaned it ALL up
13. The People Part Communication to Staff
Library system meetings
Friends groups
Enet (Intranet built with SharePoint)
Handouts
Emails
Communication to Patrons
14. The Collections Part Standardized labeling
Standardized processing
15. The Collections Part
16. What Happened It worked!
ILS (III) was seamless!
Check-in process was transparent.
17. The Details Floating began on April 2, 2008 with Hardback Adult Fiction. Those were about 21% of the collection.
By 9/16/2008, 90% of the collection was floating.
Floating began on April 2, 2008 with Hardback Adult Fiction. Those were about 21% of the collection.
By 9/16/2008, 90% of the collection was floating.
18. The Details The reduction in the number of bins moved around the library system was apparent.The reduction in the number of bins moved around the library system was apparent.
19. What Is Not-So-Good Friends
Security
Budget
Morale
Shelving / Balance of the Collection
20. What Staff Said
21. What Is Good Material lifespan
Collection marketing
Patron satisfaction
Efficiency
Budget
Morale!
System-wide thinking
22. What Staff Said
23. What We Would Do Differently Weed first
Clean database
Create a rebalance plan
Wider communication
Not change too much at once
Standardize
24. What We Would Do the Same Form a committee to oversee
Stagger what floats when
Not take it too seriously
25. What We Are Doing Next Working on standardized weeding and rebalancing
Working on creating a systemwide philosophy
Continuing to evaluate (and possibly) standardize packaging
26. The End Part
27. The End Part http://sclibs.net/floating.aspx