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Lean professional and management staff

Plus a lot of part-time, low-paid book lovers

Everybody shelves

Emphasis on self-service

Centralization
Superstore 125-200,000 titles
     300000
Library with similar circ 142,870
     250000
But most of bookstore stock is current titles -- adds
500-700,000 new copies / year
     200000

Most150000
      of library stock is older – adds only 14,492
copies / year on average book budget of $290K
     100000
That’s only 5.2% of the 276,649 titles published in
2007 50000
And that’s only for big libraries …. Average library
          0
budget is 1990 1992 1994 would buy2000 2007
            only $22K, and 1996 1998 about 1100
books.
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
What if you ran your library like a bookstore?
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What if you ran your library like a bookstore?

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9. Lean professional and management staff Plus a lot of part-time, low-paid book lovers Everybody shelves Emphasis on self-service Centralization
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12. Superstore 125-200,000 titles 300000 Library with similar circ 142,870 250000 But most of bookstore stock is current titles -- adds 500-700,000 new copies / year 200000 Most150000 of library stock is older – adds only 14,492 copies / year on average book budget of $290K 100000 That’s only 5.2% of the 276,649 titles published in 2007 50000 And that’s only for big libraries …. Average library 0 budget is 1990 1992 1994 would buy2000 2007 only $22K, and 1996 1998 about 1100 books.