Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 09:26:33 +0000
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Dear Erin, Currently we are weeding the Print reference collection, different criteria were taken into consideration: - Physical condition (bad physical condition were discarded) - The book price (Expensive books were moved to stacks or kept in reference) - Years of publication (old publications were replaced by newer) - Duplicate Copies (second copies were discarded or move to stacks) - Everything available online through our databases is discarded - Standing orders: keeping latest edition in Reference and discarding the previous editions General historic books and in particular related to Lebanon (our country) are excluded from the weeding process. Hope this help ☺ Best regards, Joyce Draiby Assistant Librarian – Reference/Information Literacy Byblos Library, Science Building Ext.: 2272 Discover our NEW website<http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/index.php> [signature] From: acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org> [mailto:acqnet-request_at_lists.ala.org] On Behalf Of Erin Gallagher Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 10:22 PM To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:acqnet_at_lists.ala.org> Subject: [ALCTS-acqnet] Strategies for weeding print reference collections Hello everyone, We are preparing to weed our print reference collection this summer. The collection is currently shelved separately from the main stacks and only a handful of titles are allowed to be checked out and used outside the library. We have weeding criteria we drafted in 2014 but would like to update these criteria. For other libraries who weed print reference collections, what criteria do you use for weeding? Are there any other strategies or suggestions that have worked for you? I'll be happy to synthesize our responses and share them. Thank you in advance. Erin Erin Gallagher Director of Collection Services Reed College Library (503) 777-7552 gallaghere_at_reed.edu<mailto:gallaghere_at_reed.edu>
