Collection Weeding: Practical Guidelines for Library Staff, Managers, and
Leadership
Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 2 -3 pm EST
Weeding your collections is as necessary to the health of your library as
weeding is to the health of a garden. Successful weeding does more than make
physical room for new books. It also helps focus your resources and guide
collection development. The evaluation process requires understanding your
library’s goals and target audiences, budget constraints, and community needs.
In addition, the properly managed weeding project can ensure that books pulled
from the collection are treated as potential assets, not just trash. If you
engage your stakeholders, including library users, the media, and colleagues
in other institutions, a weeding initiative is an opportunity to educate your
community about managing libraries and to build support for fundraising for
new books and materials. As with most projects, good planning is key.
Topics include planning to plan; roles of staff, supervisors, managers,
leaders, and your library users; establishing goals and timelines; and
creating your custom model.
Learn how to:
Create a weeding plan that reflects current strategic goals
Decide which weeding models you will incorporate into your weeding plan
Successfully explain the necessity of weeding to staff and library users
Presenter: Pat Wagner has been a trainer and consultant for libraries since
1978. She focuses on personnel, management, and leadership issues, including
marketing, project management, and tech services productivity. She has written
about weeding and actually enjoys weeding other people’s libraries and
collections, particularly consumer nonfiction and how-to books. She was the
contributing editor for nonfiction for the award-winning book magazine, The
Bloomsbury Review, where she evaluated hundreds of books every year and
learned that they needed more than a pretty cover. She is known for her
practical and good-humored webinars and face-to-face programs.
Registration:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5363977752446992643?source=Website
Received on Fri Jun 09 2017 - 15:09:45 EDT