Collections

Inventory Do's and Don't: What We've Learned Through Planning It and Running It

Title and link: Inventory Do's and Don't: What We've Learned Through Planning It and Running It

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Presenter:  Bryan Clark and Amy Pinc presenting

Presenting Institution: ICC, Triton

Date Presented: 2025-05-07

Description: In this collaborative discussion, come hear how Triton College and Illinois Central College are handling their inventory projects, but also bring your own tips to share. We're all learning this together and we'd like to continue to bring the best ideas to one place. Amy Pinc and Bryan Clark will foster the discussion with our own tips and questions for the NILRC community.

Uncommon Collections

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Title and link: Uncommon Collections

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Presenter: Valerie Moore and Thomas Mantzakides

Presenting Institution: Prairie State College, Morton College

Date Presented: 2025-04-10

Description: In this presentation, Valerie Moore from Prairie State College and Thomas Mantzakides from Morton College will cover their Library’s uncommon collections, some circulating, and some not. When people think of a library, they think of books, but the bulk of our library collections are eResources. They definitely don’t think of objects. However, it has become common for public libraries to lend things. A symposium on play in the academy, and a second conference on public library collections of things got Valerie thinking about how she could bring more play and games to the PSC Library. Thomas will cover the "Library of Things" collection at Morton College - why certain items were added to the collection, lending policies, and how best to promote and possibly expand the collection.