Vnuk, Rebecca. The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide. ALA Editions, 2015.
ISBN: 978-0-8389-1327-7
Description
“No! We can’t rid of that!” Vnuk, author of the popular “Weeding
Tips” column on Booklist Online, is here to show you that yes, you can. A
library is an ever-changing organism; when done the right way, weeding
helps a library thrive by focusing its resources on those parts of the
collection that are the most useful to its users. [Publisher's description] Oriented toward public library collections.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Basics
Chapter 2 Shelf by Shelf, 000, 100, 200
Chapter 3 Shelf-by-Shelf, 300s
Chapter 4 Shelf by Shelf, 400s and 500s
Chapter 5 Shelf by Shelf, 600s
Chapter 6 Shelf by Shelf, 700s
Chapter 7 Shelf by Shelf, 800s and Fiction
Chapter 8 Shelf by Shelf, 900s and Biography
Chapter 9 Other Areas of the Collection
Chapter 10 Special Considerations for Youth Collections
Chapter 11 Weeding Gone Wrong
Chapter 12 The Importance of a Collection-Development Plan
Appendix: Sample Collection Development Plans
Suggested Reading
Index
Chapter 2 Shelf by Shelf, 000, 100, 200
Chapter 3 Shelf-by-Shelf, 300s
Chapter 4 Shelf by Shelf, 400s and 500s
Chapter 5 Shelf by Shelf, 600s
Chapter 6 Shelf by Shelf, 700s
Chapter 7 Shelf by Shelf, 800s and Fiction
Chapter 8 Shelf by Shelf, 900s and Biography
Chapter 9 Other Areas of the Collection
Chapter 10 Special Considerations for Youth Collections
Chapter 11 Weeding Gone Wrong
Chapter 12 The Importance of a Collection-Development Plan
Appendix: Sample Collection Development Plans
Suggested Reading
Index
