tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547947660827431591.post4569643379726218525..comments2016-06-24T17:26:48.923+10:00Comments on Thoughts and Reflections: Teen collectionsTaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08874481406447363811noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547947660827431591.post-46866291003688375772012-05-17T17:00:39.253+10:002012-05-17T17:00:39.253+10:00Interesting discussion. In academic libraries our ...Interesting discussion. In academic libraries our concern is to make sure that our collection can adequately support our teaching programs, gives them access to current scholarship, and to offer differing viewpoints to develop our students' critical thinking skills.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827731848618933239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547947660827431591.post-41948348948417945462012-05-07T10:12:44.007+10:002012-05-07T10:12:44.007+10:00By reactive I am meaning that we don't try to ...By reactive I am meaning that we don't try to know if something will be popular - quite often a lot of the popular books are actually ones that have been published for several years before they are 'discovered' (take <i> The hunger games </i> and <i> Twilight </i> as examples).<br /><br />Whilst we're moving more and more to an automated model, maybe we revisit that for teens. If there is too much of a delay sourcing from suppliers, is it faster to get them from a bookstore? This then opens up the issue of in house processing again, but I do think something different is worth considering.<br /><br />We have a holds to copy ratio (8:1) but I would like to see that dropped for teen copies :-)Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874481406447363811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547947660827431591.post-91360328372046644832012-05-07T07:06:12.813+10:002012-05-07T07:06:12.813+10:00I tend to agree with you! However, the constant b...I tend to agree with you! However, the constant battle I see is that often if you have missed purchasing what is currently "trending" sometimes it is very hard to purchase more copies. Of course, this depends on how your library can purchase. <br /><br />More and more library vendors are asking us to purchase books pre published - how do we know if it will be popular then? And then if we don't purchase, often we've missed the boat and the publisher puts of doing another print run until there is enough demand - a result for us is unsatisfied customers.<br /><br />I'd be interested in hearing at what point to other libraries purchase more copies - do you use number of reserves? Or do you just purchase heaps of copies of the best sellers?<br /><br />The problem I see with YA is that often it is hard to predict what will trend and if we purchase in a reactive style then we may miss the boat.SharonUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837274041263621093noreply@blogger.com