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Weeding. Presentation by Rick Dancui & Valerie Kyriakopoulos . LIS 748 Collection Management – Fall 2010 – Mary Pat Fallon November 2, 2010. Quote:.

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  1. Weeding Presentation by Rick Dancui & Valerie Kyriakopoulos LIS 748 Collection Management – Fall 2010 – Mary Pat Fallon November 2, 2010

  2. Quote: "Next to emptying the outdoor bookdrop on cold and snowy days, weeding is the most undesirable job in the library. It is also one of the most important. Collections that go unweeded tend to be cluttered, unattractive, and unreliable informational resources." Will Manley, "The Manley Arts: If I Called This Column ‘Weeding’, You Wouldn’t Read It“, Booklist 92, p. 1108 .

  3. What is it? • Process of selecting items in a library collection for withdrawal (removing an item from a library’s collection and removing the bibliographic record from the library’s catalog.) OR • Relocation to storage (transfer of lesser-used materials … to restricted access areas within a library building or to a remote facility.) Johnson, “Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management”, Glossary

  4. Weeding can also be called: • Pruning • Thinning • Culling • Deselection • Deaccession • Relegation • Deacquisition • Retirement • Reverse selection • Negative Selection • Book Stock Control

  5. Why do we weed? • Relevance • Currency • Appeal • Circulation • Accessibility • Turnover Rate • Space • Cost • Value of a Book • Awareness • Balance • Feedback

  6. Reasons to do it: • It is a disservice to patrons to keep books that contain inaccurate or dated information. • Weeding is a basic part of the collection development process. • No library is large enough to keep everything. • It makes it easier for people to find what they want. • The way library materials look is important. • It makes good economic sense. • Unweeded collections often contain unacceptable stereotypes.

  7. Excuses to not do it: • I'm tearing down a collection. • It's sacrilege to throw out a book. • It reflects badly if I weed a book I selected. • A patron may want it some day. • Quantity equals quality. • I don't know how. • I was never taught. • I don't have time.

  8. How to get started: BEGIN BY GATHERING INFORMATION! • Library's Mission • Library's Collection Goals • Collection Development Plan • Profile of the Community Usage Statistics School Book Lists Looking at Shelves Neighboring Libraries Interlibrary Loan Titles Purchasing Procedures

  9. Most important things to know: • … the Library's Mission • … the Library's Collection Goals • … the Collection Development Plan The mission, goals, and selection policy help to determine the weeding policy.

  10. Quote: “A library should have established criteria, documented in a written policy, guiding weeding decisions. The library then has a measure of protection in pointing to a systematic plan for not only building but also managing its collection.” Johnson, “Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management”, p. 153

  11. When should we weed? Weeding every year maintains the quality of the library. Weeding can also be done: Continuously (on a day-to-day basis) Intermittently (throughout the year) Periodically (at regular intervals)

  12. Recommendation: The American Library Association suggests that 5% of the collection be weeded annually. However, each library should ultimately follow the guidelines provided in their own collection policies.

  13. How to weed

  14. reference

  15. fiction

  16. YA

  17. childrens

  18. e-books

  19. other electronic media

  20. methods? acronyms? • Not sure about this slide

  21. CREW Continuous Review Evaluation Weeding

  22. CREW

  23. CREW

  24. MUSTIE Misleading Ugly Superseded Trivial Irrelevant May be obtained Elsewhere

  25. CREWing Media - WORST Worn out Out-of-date Rarely used Supplied elsewhere Trivial or faddish

  26. Don’t: • … make your weeded books a problem for someone else. • … pile them up in the library entryway and create both an eyesore and a safety hazard.

  27. Don’t: • … keep hundreds of weeded books in the attic or library basement just in case someone objects! • … bring hundreds of weeded items to the local landfill all at once unless you want the whole town discussing the weeding project on Saturday morning.

  28. Do: • … investigate the possibility of recycling books. • … make weeding an ongoing process instead of the massive job you will have if you never weed.

  29. Remember: • All mistakes can be corrected so don't panic. • Market your collection so that books can be used and find their readers. • Your library is a growing organism so keep weeding so that the "weeds" don't take over and obscure the good stuff.

  30. Keep repeating to yourself:"I can't keep it all. I'm not the Library of Congress."

  31. Public Relations Issues:

  32. Alternatives to the Trash: Put the library name here

  33. Alternatives to the Trash: Put the library name here

  34. Green Weeding:

  35. Weblinks: Better World Books Book Rescue Bookins Bookmooch Paper Retriever Recycling Prison Book Program Prison Book Program Blog

  36. References: "ALA Library Fact Sheet 15 - Weeding Bibliography," American Library Association, September 26, 2006.http://www.ala.org/ala/professionalresources/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet15.cfm (Accessed October 27, 2010) Allen, Melissa. 2010. "Weed 'Em and Reap: The Art of Weeding to Avoid Criticism." Library Media Connection 28, no. 6: 32-33. Professional Development Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed October 27, 2010). Boon, Belinda. 2009. "Using the CREW Method to Enhance Public and School Library Collections." Journal of Access Services 6, no. 3: 324-336. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed October 27, 2010).

  37. References: California Department of Education, the Texas State Library Association CREW method, and the Arizona State Library Collection Development Training Program. "Weeding Your Library." Perma-Bound Public Library. http://www.perma-bound.com/library/weeding.faces. (accessed October 27, 2010). Heinemann-Raintree Library. "Weed of the Month Archive." http://www.heinemannlibrary.com/topic/weed. (accessed October 27, 2010).

  38. References: Jeanette, Larson. 2008. "CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries." Texas State Library and Archives Commission. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/ (accessed October 27, 2010). Johnson, Peggy. Fundamentals of Collection Development & Management. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009. Karen, Klopfer. "Weed it! For an Attractive and Useful Collection." Western Massachusettes Regional Library System. http://www.wmrls.org/services/colldev/weed_it.html (accessed October 27, 2010).

  39. References: Moore, Jo Anne. "Guidelines for Collection Evaluation and Weeding." Texas Education Agency. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/technology/libraries/lib_downloads/weeding1.pdf (accessed October 27, 2010). Overbooked.com or Overbooked.org. "Overbooked: a resource for readers." http://www.overbooked.org/ra/weeding.html#merle (accessed October 27, 2010). Wilson, A. Paula. 2004. "Weeding the E-Book Collection." Public Libraries 43, no. 3: 158-9. OmniFile Full Text Mega, WilsonWeb (accessed October 27, 2010).

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