Stock Management Policy

 

This document sets out policies and objectives for the selection, maintenance, presentation, and performance of library stock. It provides a framework which encompasses how stock is purchased, edited, and managed.

 

Contents

 

Purpose of this document

 

Legislative framework

 

Corporate priorities

 

Library strategy service objectives

 

Key principles of stock management

 

Policy on censoring stock

 

Stock allocation policy

 

• What we stock, and where
• Donations
• Duplicates
• Local Studies stock

 

Acquisitions policy

 

• Budget
• Online subscriptions
• E-books and e-audio
• DVDs and CDs

 

Stock selection policy

 

• Adult stock
  
  • Adult fiction book selection
  • Adult non-fiction selection
  • Adult book stock selection criteria - what we stock
  • Adult book stock selection criteria - what we do not stock
  • Adult replacement stock purchase
• Children's stock
  • Children's book selection
  • Children's book stock selection criteria - what we stock
  • Children's book stock selection criteria - what we do not stock
  • Children's replacement stock purchase
• Stock ordering processes
• Reservations lists
• Reservations and inter-library loans

 

Accessibility and alternative formats

 

• Audiobooks
• DVDs
  • DVD selection process
• CDs
• E-books and e-audio

 

Staff responsibilities and training

 

• Stock Champions' responsibilities
• Frontline staff

 

Stock editing

 

• Performance monitoring
• Stock circulation
• Stock removal or relocation
• Stock maintenance report schedule
• Last copies
• Withdrawn stock
• Damaged items

 

Presentation and reader development

 

• Presentation, promotion, and marketing
• Reader development
• Children's reader development
• Online promotions
• Book groups
• Public library catalogue and My Library app
• Quick Reads
• Fresh Start
• Feel Better with a Book (Read Aloud groups)
• Reading Friends

 

Policies for special collections

 

• The Gibson Specialist Collection
• The National Jazz Archive
• Dorothy L. Sayers Collection

 

Policies for stock recovery and security