The weeding handbook a shelf-by-shelf guide
Rebecca Vnuk.
- Chicago ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association 2015.
- xix, 196 pages 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The basics -- Shelf by shelf, 000, 100, 200 -- Shelf-by-shelf, 300s -- Shelf by shelf, 400s and 500s -- Shelf by shelf, 600s -- Shelf by shelf, 700s -- Shelf by shelf, 800s and fiction -- Shelf by shelf, 900s and biography -- Other areas of the collection -- Special considerations for youth collections -- Weeding gone wrong -- The importance of a collection development plan -- Appendix A. Public: Morton Grove Public Library, IL -- Appendix B. Public: La Grange Public Library, IL -- Appendix C. Public: Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA -- Appendix D. Public: Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA -- Appendix E. Public: Glen Ellyn Public Library, IL -- Appendix F. Public: Chicago Public Library, IL -- Appendix G. Public: Seattle Public Library, WA -- Appendix H. Academic: Columbia University, NY -- Appendix I. Academic: Emmanuel d'Alzon Library, Assumption College, Worcester, MA -- Appendix J. School media center: Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, MD -- Appendix K. School media center: Georgetown Independent School District, Georgetown, TX.
9780838913277 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015008707
Discarding of books, periodicals, etc.--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Public libraries--Collection development--United States. Collection development (Libraries)--United States.--Policy statements.