Weeding

A great guideline collection development with advice on weeding your collection from Barbara Braxton

Weeding is just as important as the initial selection of materials. It should be done regularly so the task doesn't become overwhelming.

2007 article on weeding - see page 10

Weeding your school library collection

New Zealand National Library

Stacey Wilson: Wattawa Heights

The-Importance-of-Weeding.pdf

BFTP: Keeping Your Library Collection Smelling F.R.E.S.H!One of my heroes, Doug Johnson, includes a "Blast From The Past" post on his blog each week. As Doug describes it: "A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past." I love these posts, because they give me the opportunity to revisit Doug's previous thoughts on a topic while also considering how those thoughts have evolved over time. Let me be clear, I'm no Doug Johnson. But after 10 years of blogging in this space, there are definitel

2009 article: Using the CREW method to enhance public and school library collections

CREW:

Continuous

Review

Evaluation

Weeding

M = Misleading - factually inaccurate

U = Ugly - worn beyond mending or rebinding

S = Superceded - by a new edition or by a much better book on the subject

T = Trivial - of no discernible literary or scientific merit

I = Irrelevant to the needs and interests of the library's community

E = Elsewhere - the material is easily obtainable from another library

Library Journal

The Art of Weeding | Collection Management [US site]

Last updated 2015

CREW weeding manual: follow the link below

www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/pubs/crew/index.html

How can you have fun with weeding?

If it isn't clean, it will be thrown away
If it doesn't look good, it will be thrown away
if it can't be managed, it will be thrown away
If it is abused, it will be thrown away
If it can't be identified, it will be thrown away
If it has no use, it will be thrown away
If it needs batteries, it will be thrown away
If it needs bulbs, it will be thrown away
If it needs a manual, it will be thrown away
If it's operation isn't inherently obvious, it will be thrown away
If it was a gift from a faculty member who hasn't been seen since, it will be thrown away
if it was a gift from the principal, keep it.

ON LIBRARIES – Weeding and Leading

Hilda K. Weisburg: 2016 article

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