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The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide Cover Image Book Book

The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide / Rebecca Vnuk.

Vnuk, Rebecca, (author.).

Summary:

"Filled with field-tested strategies and adaptable collection development policies, this updated handbook will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780838937174 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: xxii, 214 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Basics -- Shelf by Shelf: 000, 100, 200 -- Shelf by Shelf: 300s -- Shelf by Shelf: 400s and 500s -- Shelf by Shelf: 600s -- Shelf by Shelf: 700s -- Shelf by Shelf: 800s and Fiction -- Shelf by Shelf: 900s and Biography -- Other Areas of the Collection -- Special Considerations for Youth Collections -- Weeding Gone Wrong -- Diversity and Inclusion -- The Importance of a Collection Development Plan -- Appendix: Annotated Sample Collection Development Plans -- Suggested Reading.

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Subject: Collection development (Libraries) > United States > Policy statements.
Discarding of books, periodicals, etc. > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Public libraries > Collection development > United States.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.

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