6.+De-selection+(Weeding)

Weeding and De-Selection Policies 

//"A book may be compared to your neighbor; if it be good, it cannot last too long; if ba// //d, you cannot get rid of it too early."//
 * - **  **Henry Brooke**

This is an ALA approved list of resources about and example of weeding in school and public libraries.
 * Baumbach, Donna J. and Miller, Linda L. //Less is more : a practical guide to weeding school library collections.// Chicago: American Library Association, 2006.**
 * //Weeding Library Collections: A Selected Annotated Bibliography//** for Library Collection @http://www.ala.org/ala/professionalresources/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet15.cfm

[|//http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/documents/weedingbrochure.pdf//] This is a very useful handout on weeding that uses MUSTY to teach weeding. It also gives some hints for developing a weeding policy.
 * //Weeding the School Library-//**

@http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/weed.html A great article about embracing weeding as a means to collection development.
 * // Weed! Head for the Edge, Library Media Connection, Sept/Oct 2003//**

**//Weeding in Libraries: A Partial Index to What's Out There//** @http://www.havana.lib.il.us/library/weeding.html A great index of sites about reasons to weed, weeding techniques, and weeding policies.

@http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/202/Weeding_Webliography.pdf A solid list of weeding sources.
 * //Weeding for Your Library's Health: A Webliography//**

@http://www.islma.org/pdf/weeding.PDF A concise index of weeding topics.
 * //Weeding as a Part of Collection Development-//**

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 * //Weeding Library Collections-//**

[] A good list of resources right on Perma-Bounds website. **//Guidelines for Collection Evaluation and Weeding by Jo Anne Moore-//** @http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/technology/libraries/lib_downloads/weeding1.pdf Great article about the importance of weeding and weeding policies.
 * //Perma Bound's Guide to Weeding Your Library-//**

[] Nice and attractive site with lots of information about weeding.
 * //Crew: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries-//**

//**Guidelines for Weeding Library Materials-**// @http://www.sbac.edu/~media/guid_weeding.html

@http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/ This is a great site dedicated to weeding. Librarians share the best finds in their weeding and some of them are incredibly funny. Great material here that demonstrates why weeding is so very important to maintaining and developing a good library collection.
 * //Sunlink Weed of the Month-//**

**//Weed it for an Attractive, Useful Collection-//** @http://www.wmrls.org/services/colldev/weed_it.html A great argument in favor of weeding. Weeding makes a library more attractive and more useful.