June 28, 2008

How to Get Your Book into Libraries

Guest Expert: Susan Simpson

Susan, an acquisition librarian with the Carlsbad City Library, will
discuss how libraries select and order materials, and how to bring your
book to the attention of the library market.

About Our Guest Expert

Susan Simpson started her library career in the sixth grade, when she
was chosen to be one of the library helpers at her elementary school.
She worked at libraries through high school, and then detoured into
other areas during and after college. Many years later she returned to
library work, and got her Masters degree in Librarianship and
Information Science from the University of Denver, Colorado. She has
worked at the Pikes Peak Library District in Colorado Springs and at
the Carlsbad City Library.

Susan has worked in many areas of the library, including reference
services and managing the magazine collection, but she found her true
calling when she became a Collection Development Librarian 22 years
ago. She manages the selection and weeding of materials and the
allocation of the money for the various parts of the library collection
of materials, overseeing twenty staff members who select and weed in
the various subject areas for the adult and children’s books and
audio-visual materials. She also oversees the ordering of the materials
for the library.

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