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Book

The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide

Call Number

  • P 025.216 V871 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Chicago : ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association, 2015.

Physical Description

xix, 196 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm

Summary

The very word can throw terror into a librarian's heart, but "weeding" is an essential part of a balanced collection maintenance program. Vnuk shows that, since a library is an ever-changing organism, weeding can help it to thrive. She stresses the importance of looking at each section as a separate entity with its own requirements, and that each library must generate standards to condition and shelf space based on their own needs.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • The basics
  • Shelf by shelf, 000, 100, 200
  • Shelf-by-shelf, 300s
  • Shelf by shelf, 400s and 500s
  • Shelf by shelf, 600s
  • Shelf by shelf, 700s
  • Shelf by shelf, 800s and fiction
  • Shelf by shelf, 900s and biography
  • Other areas of the collection
  • Special considerations for youth collections
  • Weeding gone wrong
  • The importance of a collection development plan
  • Appendix A. Public: Morton Grove Public Library, IL
  • Appendix B. Public: La Grange Public Library, IL
  • Appendix C. Public: Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA
  • Appendix D. Public: Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA
  • Appendix E. Public: Glen Ellyn Public Library, IL
  • Appendix F. Public: Chicago Public Library, IL
  • Appendix G. Public: Seattle Public Library, WA
  • Appendix H. Academic: Columbia University, NY
  • Appendix I. Academic: Emmanuel d'Alzon Library, Assumption College, Worcester, MA
  • Appendix J. School media center: Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, MD
  • Appendix K. School media center: Georgetown Independent School District, Georgetown, TX.

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