Transcript DEMOGRAPHICS SURVEY will be displayed in this position Weeding for a Healthier Library An Infopeople Webcast Monday, July 9, 2007 12:00 noon to 1:00

DEMOGRAPHICS SURVEY
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Weeding for a Healthier Library
An Infopeople Webcast
Monday, July 9, 2007
12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
Presenter: Francisca Goldsmith
[email protected]
Agenda
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Why weed
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Weeding methods
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Copyright considerations
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Developing weeding policies
Housekeeping
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Weeding Is Collection
Development
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Reselection and deselection
 Would
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you select this material today?
Preserving surrounding materials
 Mildew,
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mites, and smells travel
Focusing browsers on the useful
 Eliminating
useless distractions
Benefits of Weeding
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Increased circulation
 20-50%
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Increased familiarity with collection’s
strengths and weaknesses
 reader’s
advisory possibilities
 enrichment needs
What Causes the Need to
Weed?
Material’s condition
 Outdated and inaccurate information
 Unnecessary redundancy
 Crowded conditions
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Material’s Condition
Dirt
 Odors
 Water damage
 Vandalism
 Material degradation
 Mildew and pests
 Missing parts
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Datedness of Content
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Old information can be
 interesting
 useful
to some pursuits
Datedness of Content
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Old information can be
 interesting
 useful
to some pursuits
 inaccurate
 dangerous
 prejudicial to remainder of collection
Redundancy on the Shelf
Purposeful or stale?
 Seasonal need?
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Crowding
When the good stuff can’t be found for the
unnecessary
 Special circumstances
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 temporary
or permanent relocation
 windfall materials budget
 change in library’s scope or mission
Essential Weeding Tools
Knowledge of collection and subcollection
 Circulation trends
 Current community profile
 Standard bibliographies
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Weeding Methods
MUSTY (or MUSTIE)
 CREW
 Weed of the Month
 Circulation point
 Standing orders
 Annual inventory
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MUSTY (MUSTIE)
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Misleading information
Ugly appearance due to
 wear
 outdated
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design
Superceded by newer materials
Trivial worth to local users
Your library isn’t the place for this
 Irrelevant to your collection
 Elsewhere is preferable for this item
CREW
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Continuous Review
 circulation/use
records
 local interests/needs
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Evaluation
 condition
 relevancy
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Weeding
 timely
 steady
pace
CREW Manual
www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/toc.html
Weed of the Month
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Topical focus
 reason
to weed the topic
 suggested Dewey numbers to check
 specific weeding criteria
Sunlink’s Weed of the Month Archives
www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/
Secondary Weeding Methods
Circulation point
 Standing orders
 Annual inventory
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Copyright Considerations
Law and medicine
 Literature
 Other nonfiction
 Fiction
 Children’s collections
 Teen collections
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Developing Policies
Weeding is part of collection development
 Training is required
 Other policies related to weeding
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 donations
 local
history archives
Q&A