socially responsible weeding final

Socially Responsible WeedingResponsible Pathways for Withdrawn Items

CLA Annual Conference, Oakland, 2014

Donna Mettier, Technical Services ManagerMarin County Free Librarydmettier@marincounty.org

Evie Krebs, LibrarianSan Francisco Public Library ekrebs@sfpl.org

Jill Patterson, Branch ManagerOC Public LibrariesJill.Patterson@occr.ocgov.com

Revisit our legacy practices…

Re-align with community goals and sentiment…and our governing agency’s values.

Intentions…

• Explore best practices

• Take time to understand new community expectations

• How can we gain infrastructure to support new practices

• Have clear, realistic, and transparent Collection Management policy on the library website

Goals:

A more socially responsible pathway for withdrawn items:A menu of options in order of priority

1. Communicate the pathway clearly on website2. Lease plan books3. Friends of the Library 1. Neighborhood redistribution points5. Formal Community Redistribution Program (SFPL model)6. Contract reseller 7. Last resort: post-consumer pulping service

SFPL’s Community Redistribution Program

How it Works

• Clients desiring donations contact our Program Manager by email or phone

• Inform client of minimum necessary information• How the agency will use the books

• Non profit number if necessary

• Type of materials and quantity

• Contact information

• This information is submitted on agency letterhead (& non profit #)

SFPL’s Community Redistribution Program

Back End - What you need

1. Well lighted work space to receive, store, sorting materials, staging and packing.

2. Shelving and work tables, boxes, packing tape and markers, etc.

3. Off-site work space close to debris containers and accessible to trucks for recycling & client vehicles

4. Staff- at least 2

5. Convenient hours for client selectors

SFPL’s Community Redistribution Program

Who We Serve

1. Top priority is given to CCSF agencies, SF Unified School District, the jails and community agencies within SF (especially low income neighborhoods).

2. Non profits such as YWCA, St. Vincent de Paul, pre-schools, health clinics, neighborhood aid agencies, artist communities, Casa de Las Madres, Glide Church and Tenderloin housing groups.

3. Overseas organizations- University of La Salle (Philippines), Drs. For Orphans, foreign bookmobiles, foreign schools.

4. Other out of the area agencies-schools, libraries, etc.

SFPL’s Community Redistribution Program

Contact

Winnie Q. Duong

100 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

Phone: 415 - 557 - 4263

Email: winnie.duong@sfpl.org

Boxes of books awaiting pickup

by Salvation Army

Books ready to be recycled

Donna Mettier, Technical Services ManagerMarin County Free Librarydmettier@marincounty.org

Evie Krebs, LibrarianSan Francisco Public Library ekrebs@sfpl.org

Jill Patterson, Branch ManagerOC Public LibrariesJill.Patterson@occr.ocgov.com

Questions and Answers…