Risk Matrix
Library Materials Selection

"A" = Actual Control "P" = Proposed Control

            CONTROLS                            
    C-77 C-78 C-79 C-104 C-105 C-106 C-107 C-108 C-109 C-110 C-111 C-112 C-113 C-114 C-115 C-116 C-117 C-118 C-119
  THREATS Establish guidelines on what to discard. Perform capital planning to ensure space for new books. Establish performance measures to ensure discarding procedures are performed. Draft collection management policy for main library. Foreign Language Collection Development Policy. 5 Year collection development plan; establish and review objectives annually. Five-year capital improvement plan. Senior library staff sets and monitors allocations. Librarians understand the need of their communities. Council adopted policy on selection and maintenance of collection (based on Library Bill of Rights). Guidelines for weeding Adult non-fiction distributed to senior librarians, April 1988. Professional librarians (responsible for an area) make day to day weeding and purchasing decisions. Library is training additional staff as foreign language selectors. Walk around monitoring of collections by senior librarians. Librarians check circulation stats before discarding materials or returning McNaughtons. Library has conducted workshops on deselecting materials. Work Management System tracks circulation stats (goal is to increase by 5%). McNaughton selections based on reserve requests. Librarians share information/reviews concerning available materials with other librarians (at the Order Table).
  COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT:                                      
T-117 Collection may not meet the needs of the community.       A A A   A A   A A   A A   A A  
T-118 Collection may reflect ethnic biases.         A A   A A     A              
T-119 Collection may not be up-to-date.           A   A A     A   A   A      
T-120 Collection may be deficient in certain languages.         A A   A A     A A   A   A    
T-121 Collection may be deficient in certain subjects.       A   A   A A A A A   A A   A    
T-122 Collection may be deficient in certain media.           A   A A     A     A        
T-123 Collection may not have the material a patron wants.       A A A   A A   A A     A A   A  
T-124 Library may stock materials no one uses; collection may not circulate.         A A   A     A A   A A A A    
T-125 Budget not based on collection needs/priorities.       A A A   A A         A     A    
T-126 Allocation may not be the best use of available resources.       A A A   A A                    
T-127 Resources may not be distributed fairly between ethnic groups.         A A   A A               A    
T-128 Library may not meet its book aquisition goals.           A A                        
T-129 Book aquisition goals may not be realistic.           A A                        
  MATERIALS SELECTION:                                      
T-130 Selection process may be inefficient.                                     A
T-131 Selection may not meet collection development objectives.       A A             A   A          
T-132 Selection may not meet annual collection development objectives.       A A A           A   A          
T-133 Selections may not meet 5 year collection development objectives.       A A A           A   A          
T-134 McNaughton selections may not meet needs of constituencies.                 A     A   A A   A A  
T-135 Periodical selections may not meet needs of constituencies.           A     A     A              
T-136 Acquisition decision may be skewed by personal bias.       A A A       A   A              
T-137 Weeding decision may be skewed by personal bias.           A     A A A A     A A      
  DISCARDS:                                      
T-54 Books that are useful may be incorrectly discarded. A                                    
T-55 Books discarded because of lack of shelf space.   A                                  
T-56 Outdated books are not discarded.     A                                
T-57 Librarian will not weed a sufficient number of books. A   A                                

 

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