>
> There was a formula that allowed you to determine the age of your
>collection by looking at random books (only they probably weren't
>random - they were part of the formula) and using their copyright
>dates. Please point us in the right direction. thanks
>
>
>Kristin Steingreaber
Hi Kristin (and others who might be involved in a similar assessment),
I also use this exercise to as part of my "library awareness" lessons for
*both* students and staff - raises concerns with staff (but sadly no extra
budget dollars so far), and helps kids find their way around the library.
I print off multiple copies of an Xcel template I made - but you can use any
program/table. This has columns headed
*location
*title
*publisher
*date (with instructions for identifying the copyright date)
I issue these first to a "liberry lessons" class, with instructions to
select any shelf (from non-fiction initially). They then fill out the
details for the first 10 books that are on that shelf.
From these proformas, I calculate the average age (from the copyright dates)
of the books from that shelf, then average the accumulated averages.
May not be a very accurate method of age assessment, but it seems to give
quite a good indication. When this exercise is repeated with staff -
particularly executives - they are, without exception, unpleasantly
surprised.
Hope this is of interest/help/use?
Kind regards,
Amanda
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