Surf these sites: CDT: Weeding -- "Discusses the importance of having a weeding policy, the rationale behind weeding, some reasons it is difficult to weed, practical information for use in planning or conducting weeding, and options for the materials you remove." Part of the Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries. SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club -- The SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club is an effort to help provide Florida''s School Library Media Specialists with guidelines and suggestions for weeding their collections a little at a time as well as for adding quality materials. The project idea and specific suggestions came from other media specialists via LM_NET, a listserv for library media specialists, and SUNLINK''s Weed of the Month will parallel a similar effort taking place throughout the country. A section of school library media collections will be identified each month as a weeding target. Weeding the Public Library Collection -- A collection of frequently asked questions (faqs) about weeding: why is it done, what is done with weeded materials, etc. Includes a section "What happened in San Francisco?". Prepared by Karen Klopfer, WMRLS Regional Librarian, Berkshire Subregion.
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