Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management by Peggy Johnson

Author:Peggy Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: LAN025040 Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Collection Development
Publisher: American Library Association

Weeding Variations by Library Type and Collection

School and public libraries are more likely than large research libraries to withdraw and dispose of items. Baumbach and Miller offer a succinct description of weeding and its importance in school library media centers:

Simply put, weeding is selection in reverse. It is deselection. Weeding is the act of reevaluating items in the collection and removing any that are inaccurate, out of date, misleading, inappropriate, unused, in poor condition, or otherwise harmful to students. It is something all librarians and library media specialists must do regularly if they want to maintain the best possible collections for their school communities. It is a professional responsibility that cannot be taken lightly.35

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