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Assistant Library Director Lexi Riley outlines collection strategy as circulation edges up
Summary
At the Davenport Public Library board meeting, Assistant Director Lexi Riley presented the library’s collection-development approach, reporting a 2% increase in FY25 circulation and detailing selection criteria, vendor changes and steps to maintain diverse, high-use collections.
Assistant Library Director Lexi Riley told the Davenport Public Library Board of Trustees that the library is using data tools and staff expertise to shape what goes on its shelves and online, and that the approach is yielding modest growth in use.
"We checked out a total of 526,507 items in FY25," Riley said, adding that figure represented a 2% increase over the previous year. Riley told trustees the library added 22,624 physical items last year and that the largest single materials line item is ebooks, currently costing more than $100,000 annually.
Riley described the collection-development policy that trustees review every three years. The policy directs selectors to follow the Library Bill of Rights and…
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