Opening Day Collections for New Library Branches
Open the doors of your new library branch with confidence. Whitehots' Opening Day Collection (ODC) services provide libraries with customizable turnkey solutions. Our expert selectors curate titles based on your library's budget and community demographics, every item arrives fully catalogued and processed to your specifications, and our team provides on-site shelving so your branch is circulation-ready before the doors open.
Turnkey Solutions
Whitehots works with your library's team to collaborate on collection development, provide shelf-ready materials with full cataloguing and processing — all tailored to your library's budget and needs. We handle delivery, and provide on‑site shelving, so your staff can focus on opening day.
Customized Collection Development
Our selectors work with your team to build an opening collection that fits your library's type, size, community demographics, and budget. We take into account age ranges, language needs, reading levels, and local interests. Every title is chosen collaboratively to serve your community.
Project Management
The Whitehots team works with you throughout the entire process — from initial consultation through to opening day. We help align timelines, coordinate cataloguing and processing requirements, and manage delivery logistics, so that when the day arrives, everything runs smoothly and your library is ready.
Shelf-Ready Arrival
Minimize setup time with shelf-ready materials. Whitehots offers full cataloguing and processing services tailored to your library specifications: MARC Records, spine labels, barcodes, and RFID tagging are available. Multilingual materials receive the same services, so your entire collection is circulation-ready from day one.
Flexible Service Options
Whether you need a complete turnkey collection or support with specific components — selection, cataloguing, processing, or shelving — Whitehots' ODC services are scalable to your library's needs and budget. We work with you to define the scope that makes sense for your branch and your timeline.
Go Behind-the-Scenes at an Opening Day Collection
Watch Whitehots staff deliver and shelve brand-new collections for a new library branch opening. This short video captures the last stage of Whitehots' Turnkey Service — from shelf-ready materials arriving on-site to a fully stocked library ready to welcome its community.