Survey Says!: Weeding And User Perception

Recently the Horicon Library (in conjunction with the Beaver Dam Community Library) did some research on how the kid's science collection was perceived in each library. Beaver Dam's collection is noticeably older than the Horicon collection, because we strongly weed out old and non-circulating titles to keep the collection fresh and relevant.

It was our hypothesis that patrons would prefer the younger-looking collection to the older-looking collection. To some extent, our study confirmed that hypothesis. However, a low turnout for the Beaver Dam survey means our findings can only be considered preliminary to a more in-depth study.

For a really great slide show talking about this research, check out our SlideCast!

And thanks so much to the 26 fabulous Horicon patrons who took the time to come to the library and do our survey--your 5-10 minutes of work helped to further library science. Yay for you guys!

Weeding And User Perception

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