107. Deutscher Bibliothekartag in Berlin 2018
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The presentation focuses on a concept related to the collection management in libraries, the floating collection, as well as its introduction at the Oulu City Library and the experiences gained. A floating collection means that library materials are no longer transported to its "home library unit after a customer returns them to a library, and the material remains as part of the collection at the receiving branch library. It needs to be accepted that the customer will "decides where the material is located. A floating collection reduces logistic S. The effects of floating on the collection have been studied very little. There is very little data on customer satisfaction. A few cities in Finland have adopted the floating collection. The Oulu City Library started planning for the introduction of floating in early 2012. The pilot project was run from November 2013 until the end of 2014. The floating collection was introduced in all library units of Oulu in early 2015. The Oulu City Library uses a library program called Koha. In Koha, floating can be configured by unit or by material. Floating is linked with centralized selection of material S. In centralized selection, items are acquired (selected) for the Oulu City Library as a whole only, not for individual unit S. Significantly fewer selectors are needed in this model than when selections are made at each unit separately. The staff looks at the collection as a whole, not as a collection for a single library unit. Vortrag in englischer Sprache