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The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide / Rebecca Vnuk.
"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.
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- 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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| Genre: | Handbooks and manuals. |
- Baker & Taylor
"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"-- - Book News
Vnuk, a librarian and consultant, offers a handbook to help public and school libraries weed collections, organized by shelf and subject, along with information on weeding the reference collection, youth collections, communicating with patrons, and the importance of a collection development plan. She includes annotated sample collection development plans from eight libraries. This edition has been updated and adds tips throughout reflecting diversity and inclusion and budgetary issues, as well as a new chapter on diversity and inclusion, updated collection development plan samples, and advice from current library staff. It also has an updated chapter on weeding digital collections. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - Chicago Distribution Center
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 - Chicago Distribution Center
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."Manages to be a thorough and informative source on weeding library collections and yet also an easy, engaging read ... Recommended." That rave review from Technicalities sums up the acclaim and appeal of this bestselling resourceâs first edition. Now Vnuk has revised and updated her text to keep pace with librariesâ longer-term shifts in collection development and access, such as a growing emphasis on digital collections and managing duplicate physical materials. She 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. Walking collections staff through the proverbial stacks shelf by shelf, this book
- includes a new âTales from the Frontâ feature, providing real-life case studies of librarians working on weeding projects;
- explains why weeding is important for a healthy library and how it can positively affect library budgets;
- 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;
- offers easily adaptable, updated sample development plans which reflect the latest thinking in collection development;
- advises readers on weeding problematic materials, such as those that include racist themes and depictions;
- presents updated and expanded guidance on special considerations for youth collections;
- addresses reference, media, magazines and newspapers, e-books, and other special materials;
- shares guidance for determining how to delegate responsibility for weeding, plus pointers for getting other staff members on board; and
- gives advice for educating the community about the process, how to head off PR disasters, and what to do with weeded materials.
