This service is designed to work exactly according to your preferences! Shortgrass can provide a list of potential titles for you to approve before placing the order, or if you prefer a completely hands-off approach, this step can be skipped, and you can simply receive the new items after they are purchased and catalogued.
For even more convenience, the selection and purchasing can be scheduled to happen automatically throughout the year, so you’ll receive new items each month without lifting a finger.
You can specify various criteria for the items to be purchased: physical items, Overdrive materials, specific formats or genres, or popular / requested items (for example, your criteria could be based on titles with high holds ratios within Shortgrass, unowned Overdrive titles that are on patron wishlists, or physical titles not held within Shortgrass that are popular elsewhere).
Want to allocate your budget based on your own patrons' usage patterns? Shortgrass can provide detailed reports to help you make informed decisions (or to guide the selections made on your behalf). These reports could show, for example, your library’s circulation breakdown for adult fiction versus YA, or give insights into current Overdrive holds from your patrons, helping you determine how much to invest in each category.
If you ever find you just don't have the time to stay on top of ordering, you are encouraged to take advantage of this service - make sure new materials keep flowing into your library, and your collections stay fresh and appealing!
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