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Library staff outline how collections are chosen, cataloged and processed; 27% of book budget goes to digital formats
Summary
Collections and Technical Services presented the library's selection policy, a 27/73 split of book and audiobook spending between online and physical formats, cataloging and processing workflows, and procedures for patron purchase requests.
Senior librarians detailed how the Carlsbad City Library acquires, catalogs and maintains materials at the March 25 meeting.
"Of the total allocation, 27% went toward online and 73% was for physical" formats for books and audiobooks, Jackie Petrie told trustees when describing the prior fiscal year's distribution. Katie Dupari described related circulation: "ebooks and eaudiobooks had a circulation of 228,000, whereas their physical counterparts circulated almost 930,000 times."
Staff said those three elements—budget,…
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