Weeding: The Good, the Bad & the Mustie

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Weeding: the Good, the Bad, and the MUSTIE

Jeremy BolomLincoln Parish Library


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Get a (Better) Attitude About Weeding Take charge of your collection Get intimate with your collection Make your collection more useful,

comfortable, and attractive for your users


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The LifeCycle of Library MaterialsSelection

Processing

UseWeeding


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Weeding is not a dirty word

The process of removing materials thatI. Are in poor condition II. are outdated , III. No longer fit the collection guidelines or

meet community needs.


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Check Standards on Weeding Every item in the collection is evaluated for retention, replacement,

or withdrawal at least every 5 years to determine its usefulness and

accuracy according to the library collection development policy. Outdated, unnecessary, or damaged materials are removed from

the collection. The library establishes and attains a measurable annual weeding

plan based on local conditions and the library mission. Each library should consider local needs and long term use of the

materials, including genealogy, local history, and other specialcollections.

from Louisiana Public Library Standards


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Essential Enhanced Comprehensive

15% of collectionis less than 5 yearsold.



Entire collection isweeded every 5years.



Check Standards on Weeding

from Louisiana Public Library Standards


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Ask yourself Why do we have the books that we have?


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Put your weeding spurs on!


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CREW Your Collection

ContinuousReview

EvaluationWeeding


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Benefits of Weeding Save Space Save Time Shelf Appeal Library Reputation

Meeting Needs Collection Knowledge


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Before You Begin Review

Collection development policy Library goals

Community wants/ needs Take a walk Run the numbers


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Turnover Rate A measure of use

=Total # of Items Total Circulation Example:

12,000 2500 = 4.8


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To Weed or Not To Weed? (Incomplete) Checklist of Weeding Factors

Date/ Author Publisher

Condition Other copies/ formatsCirculation stats Expense to replaceSimilar resources Current interestFormat TimelessnessIllustrations Reading LevelVisual appeal School curricula


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Figuring Out What to WeedObjective Criteria

X/ X/ MUSTIE

Copyright Date

(Is it more than X year(s) ago?) Maximum permissible years without use


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Figuring Out What to Weed: Subjective Criteria

M a Misleading

U a UglyS a Superseded T a Trivial

I a Irrelevanta Available lsewhere


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Jeremys (suggested) Steps for Weeding

I. Determine your criteriaII. Run the numbersIII. Print the listIV. Pull the booksV. Keep an eye on the

collection

VI. Reasons to keep?VII. Replacements?VIII. DisplaysIX. Clean up your list


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Collections with Special Considerations Childrens Picture books & fiction Teen Fiction Childrens & teen nonfiction Reference materials Periodicals Media Thou shalt not weed


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Resources Jeanette Larson. CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries . Texas

State Library and Archives Commission. 2012. https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/sites/default/files/public/tslac/ld/ld/pubs/cre

w/crewmethod12.pdf CREW Teaching Resources https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/index.html Includes two PowerPoint presentations and Word document

exercises.
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/index.htmlhttps://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/index.html


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Jeremy BolomLincoln Parish Library

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