Collection Paradise
Beautiful data for thriving libraries.
Helping library workers make data-informed decisions about weeding, collection promotion, and transfer of items between branches. Designed by librarians to make collection data visible, accessible and useful to staff at every level of your library service, from the customer service desk to the library manager’s office.
Collection Paradise is inspired by the Paradise Gardens of ancient Persia which sought to create beautiful and ordered microcosms of the world’s knowledge; these gardens served as curated spaces for community reflection and discovery, just as public libraries do today.
Collection Paradise is currently in beta testing - if you are interested in taking part please get in touch via contact details below
“I’ve always imagined that paradise would be a kind of library.”
Jorge Luis Borges
On web and mobile
Collection Paradise is available as a web, iOS and Android app. So you and your staff can use it in the office or on the library floor.
Generate lists for collection development work
Quickly create lists of items for weeding, transfer and display. Enrich these lists with book covers and other metadata from the web and manipulate with intuitive filtering and sorting options to get the job done fast.
Create digital assets for your book displays
Easily create attractive tiles for social media and display carousels for your library website. Add items in bulk by scanning or pasting barcodes, and searching via author, title and subject.
Sophisticated data insights
Collection insights at your fingertips via beautiful, customisable and exportable analysis charts. Track how your collection performs against key metrics and targets set by you.
Library workers are the best asset a library has and Collection Paradise is designed to help staff leverage their expertise to develop and care for your collection. Transform your data into an accessible format for all staff and customize data displays to give an instant overview of your core collection metrics.
Collection Paradise provides analysis tools that work at every scale—from your entire collection down to individual items—while also supporting display management and digital promotion across multiple channels.
The P.A.R.A.D.I.S.E cycle
Collection Paradise is flexible enough to fit into your current workflow. Or try the P.A.R.A.D.I.S.E cycle, a step by step method to maintain a thriving collection full of life.
Plan - Set collection maintenance targets, weeding and transfer plans.
Analyse - Review collection data and performance against targets.
Refine - Create and curate weeding, transfer and display lists from the Cultivate screen.
Act - Harvest your crops (lists) - take action on the shelves.
Display - Create physical displays and replicate these for digital distribution.
Item Transfer - Target items for transfer between libraries using data and staff expertise.
Share - Export lists, analysis charts, display images and html files.
Evolve - Take insights from above and feed them back into your plan.