Rebecca Vnuk
The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide
The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide
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This updated handbook provides field-tested strategies and adaptable collection development policies to enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use. It covers weeding library collections, why it is important, and how it can positively affect library budgets. It also offers sample development plans, advice for problematic materials, special considerations for youth collections, delegation of responsibility, and educating the community about the process.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 30 July 2022
Publisher: American Library Association
This updated handbook is a valuable resource for libraries looking to enhance their collections and provide users with the materials they need. Filled with field-tested strategies and adaptable collection development policies, it will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use. The book manages to be a thorough and informative source on weeding library collections, while also being an easy, engaging read.
The first edition of this bestselling resource received rave reviews from Technicalities, and the second edition has been revised and updated to keep pace with libraries' longer-term shifts in collection development and access. The author demonstrates how weeding helps a library thrive by focusing its resources on those parts of the collection that are the most useful to its users.
The book includes a new "Tales from the Front" feature, providing real-life case studies of librarians working on weeding projects. It explains why weeding is important for a healthy library and how it can positively affect library budgets. It systematically walks readers through a library's shelves, with recommended weeding criteria and call-outs in each area for the different considerations of large collections and smaller collections.
The book offers easily adaptable, updated sample development plans that reflect the latest thinking in collection development. It advises readers on weeding problematic materials, such as those that include racist themes and depictions. It presents updated and expanded guidance on special considerations for youth collections. It addresses reference, media, magazines, and newspapers, e-books, and other special materials.
The book also shares guidance for determining how to delegate responsibility for weeding. Overall, this updated handbook is a must-have for libraries looking to improve their collections and provide users with the best possible resources.
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780838937174
Edition number: 2 Revised edition
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