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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vnuk, Rebecca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discarding of books, periodicals, etc--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Discarding of books, periodicals, etc.

Collection development (Libraries)--United States--Policy statements.

Collection development (Libraries).

Public libraries--Collection development--United States.

Public libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, [Illinois] : ALA Editions, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8389-1362-8

0-8389-1361-X

OCLC:

911128213