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One of our librarians is looking for help with collection assessment. I have sent her questions to a few people, and she's seeking to cast the net farther. If you can tell us what you do to make sure you are buying the right materials for your community, we'd love to know. Thanks! Laurie <snip> I ran the collection through BenchMarc and it was very disappointing. I don't think that particular tool, for a public library, is worth the space the icon uses. <BenchMARC, available to Athena users, says it's for schools. -L.> I was just hoping that there was a magic electronic program out there that could read my collection and demographics and tell me what to buy... We do keep a request list running at all times. If a patron notices something we don't have, we ask them to add it. If someone asks for something we don't have, one of the staff writes it down. I just feel like we're still missing something. <snip> Do you know of a tool that can evaluate a collection to determine strengths and gaps and will take in to consideration population demographics? If not, would you post the question to the listserve? Thanks!
