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The Weeding Handbook : A Shelf-By-Shelf Guide.

Vnuk, Rebecca.

The Weeding Handbook : A Shelf-By-Shelf Guide. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (217 pages)

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 Plans -- Morton 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.

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

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