I have been asked to find out if there is any "standard" for "acceptable =
percentages" of lost books (in a given year vs the total titles in the =
collection) in an elementary school library. While I am sure that most =
of us would agree that 0% lost would be the ideal, in most of our =
situations that's not really feasible... I'm on a committee that's =
trying to get some standardization across a number of schools - and get =
a sense of when we should really panic - and when we should figure we're =
ok vis-a-vis other schools and systems.
I searched the archives and found some anecdotal information on lost =
book stats, but I didn't find that "magic number" that I was hoping for. =
The closest I found was someone who suggested that we should plan to =
replace 1 book per student per year due to wear/loss, etc. I did a =
general internet search and found some figures for other libraries - =
ranging from 5.3% (public) to 2.1% for academic (there was also a =
newspaper article detailing a public library with 12% loss... That =
seems high to me!).
Anyway, your thoughts (and/or ideas for search strategies) would be =
welcome. I'd be happy to post a "hit" of anything I find.
Lou Murray Gorvett
Library Technician
Canadian Martyrs Elementary School
Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
Louise.Gorvett@wcdsb.edu.on.ca
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