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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822210103321

Autore

Vnuk Rebecca

Titolo

The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide / / Rebecca Vnuk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ALA Editions, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8389-1362-8

0-8389-1361-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

025.2/16

Soggetti

Discarding of books, periodicals, etc

Collection development (Libraries) - United States - Policy statements

Public libraries - Collection development - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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. Annotated Sample Collection Development PlansMorton Grove Public Library (IL); La Grange Public Library (IL); Berkshire Athenaeum (MA); Memorial Hall Library (MA); Glen Ellyn Public Library (IL); Seattle Public Library; Columbia University (NY); Emmanuel d'Alzon Library, Assumption College; Baltimore County Public Schools; Suggested Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Filled with field-tested, no nonsense strategies, this handbook will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use.