By Ann Lehue, MSIS, Senior Manager, Collection Development, Ingram Library Services
“You’ll never spend the whole budget, so you don’t really need to track it,” said my library coworker when I started purchasing the Adult Nonfiction section. Read More  

Rachel Montgomery, MLS, Collection Development Librarian and Kim Collins, Collection Development Administrator Read More  

By Gina Molter , MLS, Collection Development Librarian Read More  

Tricia Racke Bengel, MLS, Sales & Services Manager, Ingram Library Services
Between collection development and checking a book out, a lot happens.  And, just like everything else, someone has to decide how those things happen in your library.  Perhaps the decision was made over 20 years ago, and no one remembers why. Read More  

The Art and Science of Book Descriptions that Sell Read More  

By Wendy Rancier, MLS, Children's Collection Development Librarian, Ingram Library Services Read More