CDL: Business CD, AMA Research Study series from John P. Abbott on 2004-02-20 (stdin)

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:56:35 -0500
To: Colldv-l <COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu>

From:

Trudy C de Goede <degoedetc@unk.edu>

Hello, my question is for those of you who assess the business portions of your
circulating books collections.

Although not a business specialist, I have primary responsibility for weeding our circulating
business books. Our base criteria for considering something for withdrawal are no use
either in-house or through check-out for ten years.

I notice that our AMA Research Study series - for which we have nothing since 1970 - fits
the withdrawal criteria, it has shown no use of any kind for ten years. I also see that
this set has been archived to a microformat, I believe by UMI. Is this set sufficiently
well regarded that I should retain it? Or is it considered ephemeral or obsolete so
that I can safely withdraw it? Looking through the titles I get the sense the
content is obsolete, and am inclined to withdraw.

Thanks for your reactions, Trudy.

Trudy de Goede
Reference Librarian
Calvin T. Ryan Library
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-2240
Phone: 308-865-8587
Fax: 308-865-8722
degoedetc@unk.edu

Ryan Library Homepage:
http://rosi.unk.edu

Received on Fri Feb 20 2004 - 14:02:24 EST