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Weeding process
Hi!
I'm new on the forum and a fairly new librarian. The school library that I'm in charge of has never been weeded, and so that daunting task is on my shoulders now!
I've looke …
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Selected for Weeding. Now what?
What do you do with the books (or other materials) you have decided to weed? I hate to just throw them away, but I don't think there's a recycling program in the area. Are there be …
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What to do with old magazines?
My predecessor was very proud of her periodical collection. Since I took over two years ago, we have have only touched them once. The students prefer the internet and/or our data …
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How important is it to keep ALL Newbery winners?
We have an old copy of Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger, the 1925 Newbery Medal winner, on our shelves. We have had it for about 30 years and it has gone out 13 times. …
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Weeding — Convincing Admin
How do you get non-library trained people to trust in your weeding?
I work at a high school that got a huge grant to build and stock library. It was completed last year. It’s awes …
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“Weeding” computers
I have several old and largely useless computers and printers taking up space in my school library. I know that disposing of weeded books causes enough headaches. How can I show …
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What do you do with all your old weeded titles ?
What do you do with all of these discarded titles?
I hate to throw books away. I have sent them to Thailand and Africa. I have given them to hospitals and nursing homes. I put th …
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weeding audiobooks
We have reached critical mass in our audio section; we have nowhere else to go, nowhere else to shift: something's gotta go. As background, our audio collection consists of audio …
