Developing the Librare collection is the result of the collaborative effort of all of the participating libraries.

One important project goal for Librare is to develop the collection in a collaborative way a way that enables each library to be a part of the selection process. To do this representatives from all participating libraries are in subject specialist groups, called Selection Teams. Each subject group is responsible for selecting in one subject area. Representatives from the participating libraries self-select the subject area they wish to select in, with care taken to make each subject group as representative of the types of libraries as possible. Each subject group is composed of public and academic library members.

2005 Selection Calendar

The Selection Teams are critical to the work of Librare.

Business
Art Bagley, University of Tampa
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Earlene Kuester, Stetson University, College of Law
Debbie McElvey, Citrus County Public Library
Sissy Scharf, Clearwater Public Library

Computer Science
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Donna Kelly, St. Petersburg College
Kate Lippincott, Sarasota County Library System
Debbie McElvey, Citrus County Public Library
Vivian McGaha, Pinellas Park Public Library
James Shimkus, Florida Metropolitan University, Brandon Campus

Florida
Tania Angeloff, Sarasota County Library System
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Debbie McElvey, Citrus County Public Library
Doug Butler, Pasco-Hernando Community College
John Welch, Manatee Community College

History
Art Bagley, University of Tampa
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Doug Butler, Pasco-Hernando Community College
Joanne Carlock, Sarasota County Library System
Joanna Hause, Southeastern College
Earlene Kuester, Stetson University, College of Law
Kathy Smuz, Dunedin Public Library
John Welch, Manatee Community College

Literature
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Doug Butler, Pasco-Hernando Community College
Cody Shelburne, Sarasota County Library System
Sissy Scharf, Clearwater Public Library

Reference
Tania Angeloff, Sarasota County Library System
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Debbie McElvey, Citrus County Public Library
Sissy Scharf, Clearwater Public Library
John Welch, Manatee Community College

Religion and Philosophy
Doug Butler, Pasco-Hernando Community College
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Kate Lippincott, Sarasota County Library System
Joanna Hause, Southeastern College
John Welch, Manatee Community College

Science & Health
Judy Born, Manatee Community College
Madeline Lock, Florida Metropolitan University, Brandon Campus
Vivian McGaha, Pinellas Park Public Library
Valerie Oakley, East Lake Community Library
Kathy Smuz, Dunedin Public Library
Gale Vaccaro, Bruton Memorial Library

Social Science
Art Bagley, University of Tampa
Judy Born, Manatee Community College
Vivian McGaha, Pinellas Park Public Library
Casey McPhee, Largo Library
Cody Shelbourne, Sarasota County Library System
Gale Vaccaro, Bruton Memorial Library

Sociology and Anthropology
Art Bagley, University of Tampa
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Brad McDonald, Manatee Community College
Cody Shelbourne, Sarasota County Library System

Travel
Joanna Hause, Southeastern College
Anne Ruth, Sarasota County Library System
Gale Vaccaro, Bruton Memorial Library

YA/Juvenile Titles
Andrew Breidenbaugh, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Marie Miller, East Lake Community Library
Charlotte Thompson, Sarasota County Library System

In Year 5, each team will hold a meeting during their selection month to make final decisions on titles to be purchased. In the beginning of the month, a list of available titles will be made available so members can review titles in preparation of the selection meeting. The process will vary slightly from Selection Team to Selection Team. Selection Team members for final decision on what titles will be purchased.

The Year Three Collection
Building on the first two years, the year collection added 788 additional titles.
Religion and Philosophy titles (105k PDF)
Social Sciences titles (121k PDF)
Business titles (23.8k PDF)

The Year Two Collection
The year 2 collection contains 932 titles in subjects ranging from Florida to nursing. It builds on the strength of the year 1 collection in all of its subject areas. Librarians from all participating libraries participated in the selection process that occurred throughout 2002 and into the beginning of 2003.

The final titles were added to the collection in May 2003. These titles enhanced the Reference and Florida collections in Librare.

View the Year 2 collection (106k PDF)

The Year One Collection
The year 1 collection contains 2,239 titles ranging from Shakespeare's Flowers to the Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft Access 2000. The collection began in September 2000 and continued throughout most of 2001.

Thirty three libraries participated in the selection of titles. Subject areas range from business and economics to holistic medicine and computer science. A large collection of Cliff's Notes and Complete Idiot's Guides are included in Librare.

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