Developing a Policy
Most libraries follow the CREW method and use MUSTIE to weed out items from their collections.
Most libraries follow the CREW method and use MUSTIE to weed out items from their collections.
C: Continuous
C: Continuous
R: Review
R: Review
E: Evaluation
E: Evaluation
W: Weeding
W: Weeding
M: Misleading (and/or factually inaccurate)
M: Misleading (and/or factually inaccurate)
U: Ugly (worn and beyond mending/rebinding)
U: Ugly (worn and beyond mending/rebinding)
S: Superseded (by a new edition or by a much better book on the subject)
S: Superseded (by a new edition or by a much better book on the subject)
T: Trivial (has no discernible literary or scientific merit)
T: Trivial (has no discernible literary or scientific merit)
I: Irrelevant to the needs and interests of the library's community
I: Irrelevant to the needs and interests of the library's community
E: The material is Easily obtainable from another library
E: The material is Easily obtainable from another library