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Deborah Provenzano Suffolk County Community College, New York provend@sunysuffolk.edu

Weed the Stacks, Feed the Collection, and Harvest the Space . Deborah Provenzano Suffolk County Community College, New York provend@sunysuffolk.edu. Brick and Click Library Symposium. Community College Enrollments in the United States. At Suffolk County Community College.

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Deborah Provenzano Suffolk County Community College, New York provend@sunysuffolk.edu

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  1. Weed the Stacks, Feed the Collection, and Harvest the Space Deborah Provenzano Suffolk County Community College, New York provend@sunysuffolk.edu Brick and Click Library Symposium
  2. Community College Enrollments in the United States
  3. At Suffolk County Community College Up 9% from 2009 – 2010 Academic Year 2006 -2007 2009 - 2010
  4. Crowded Classes Early Start Late Evening Saturdays Sundays No Space – No Seats
  5. Crowded Libraries
  6. Crowded Book Shelves
  7. Books on their SpinesBeing Damaged
  8. Weeding and Shifting Makes a Better, more Useable Collection Allows for Easier Access for Students Keeps Books in Good Condition. Air Circulation. No broken spines. Opens up Space WHERE DO YOU START ?
  9. Your Collection Management Policy Statement Suffolk County Community College Huntington Library at Ammerman Collection Management Policy Statement Prepared by D. Provenzano Electronic Development Guidelines Prepared by the E.R.C.
  10. Get Specific Subject/Program Specific Policies 4-7 Special Collections Policies 7-8 Electronic Resources Development 8-9 Serials 9 Weeding/Deselecting Materials 10-11 Media/Non-Print Resources Statement 11 Serials Weeding Statement 11 Electronics Weeding Statement - - ERC 11 Subject/Area Weed Criteria 11-14 Special Collection Weed Criteria 14  Major Selection Tools 14  Cooperative Arrang./Resources Sharing 15  Gift Policy 15  Review of Policy Statement 15  Appendices 16 ONCE YOUR POLICY IS IN PLACE, THEN YOU CAN START WEEDING & FEEDING.
  11. Start with One Collection Start with one area or collection Oversized Reference Law Cartographic Materials Popular Reading Indexes
  12. Break up the Library of Congress

  13. Our Plan

    Incorporate Oversized into Circulating Collection and Open up 500 Square Feet of Space
  14. We had to Leave Proper Spacing for Large Items 16 “ or 40.64 cm
  15. We Had to … Leave the circulating stacks better than they were before we began Get our classroom colleagues to buy in by actually coming in to the library and educating them about how badly the collection needed refreshing and assuring them that their input would be considered Check fire codes before planning the use of the space to be opened.
  16. Our First Set of Open Shelves
  17. Adjust Shelves to Proper Height (Predetermined at 16”) Removal of extra shelves Place them out of the way to keep it looking neat (we made a mistake in this area) Coincide with Maintenance Department
  18. Extra Shelves
  19. And More Extra Shelves

  20. Then Finally, the Weeds are Gone

    …and you have already adjusted your shelf height
  21. You Shift the Books.
  22. You Harvest the Space
  23. You Harvest the Space
  24. B.D. Owens Library
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