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29 th June 2018 The Decision Tree & Collection Management Karen Thomas Suzy Cheeke Jan Davey Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 1 29 th June 2018 Aims: What is a decision tree? How can it be used in collection management?


  1. 29 th June 2018 The Decision Tree & Collection Management Karen Thomas Suzy Cheeke Jan Davey Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 1

  2. 29 th June 2018 Aims: • What is a decision tree? • How can it be used in collection management? • Creating a tree for your library Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 2

  3. 29 th June 2018 Decision Tree “A decision tree is a graph that uses a branching method to illustrate every possible outcome of a decision” WhatIs.com Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 3

  4. 29 th June 2018 Why make a decision tree? • Space at a premium in libraries so collections must “earn their keep” • Need to make informed retention decisions • Essential to keep our stakeholders on board • Useful tool to reassure and explain Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 4

  5. 29 th June 2018 What we Did Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 5

  6. 29 th June 2018 Key Decision Strands • Keep on open shelves • Treat as a special collection • Safe to relegate Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 6

  7. 29 th June 2018 A first attempt! Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 7

  8. 29 th June 2018 Results: Keep • The second attempt was a little more sophisticated Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 8

  9. 29 th June 2018 Master Tree Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 9

  10. 29 th June 2018 Now over to you… • In your allocated category groups decide what criteria you would use to decide what to keep on open shelves or what to treat as a special collection, or what to relegate • Rank your criteria in priority order • Now look at Bristol’s tree, try to follow the decision path • What did we miss? What did we include that you didn’t? • Have a look at what other groups thought..(we will collate the information and share it with you after the event) Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 10

  11. 29 th June 2018 Next steps • At Bristol, making the decision tree acted as a springboard for further action • We tested the decisions with library colleagues • We tested scenarios and translated them in withdrawal/retention statistics • Considered what these decisions mean for the size of the library collections and where they should be housed Share the Experience @ Edinburgh 11

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