[Genealib] General Collection for Small Public Library

[Jet Kofoot]

Thank you for your help, Barbara, I really appreciate it!

 

Jet

 

Mrs. Jet Kofoot, Director

Algona Public Library

210 N Phillips

Algona, IA. 50511

(515) 295-5476

jkofoot at netamumail.com

 

Information is the currency of democracy.

- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara Hill
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:55 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: Re: [Genealib] General Collection for Small Public Library

 

A book entitled "Library Service for Genealogists" by J. Carlyle Parker
(Gale Research Company, 1981) has a chapter on collection development, with
a list of recommended titles for ALL libraries beginning on page 6, and
"Additional Titles for Medium-Sized Libraries" beginning on page 8.  Many of
the recommended basic titles are still very inexpensive.  You could borrow
the book on ILL, photocopy the pages, and ask your local genealogical
society to go over the titles and determine which works have since been
updated or superseded.  At the same time, it would give them ideas for other
recommendations. 

Barbara Hill 


At 10:02 AM 7/13/2006, you wrote:



Hello, All,
 
I've been the director of a small public library in Iowa for one year now,
and I've been lurking on the edge of this list for a short time.  I wonder
if you could give me suggestions for a core collection appropriate to a
small library?  So that you will have an idea of our size: our card holder
count is approximately 8,500 with a town population of about 5,600, and we
have around 45,000 items in our collection.  
 
We currently offer our local newspaper on microfilm with older editions
bound, as well as local histories, some personal genealogies that have been
donated and a few nationally published titles but many of these go back to
the 1980s.
 
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!! 
 
Jet Kofoot
 
Mrs. Jet Kofoot, Director
Algona Public Library
210 N Phillips
Algona, IA. 50511
(515) 295-5476
jkofoot at netamumail.com
 
Information is the currency of democracy.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
 
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