Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 21:32:53 +0000
To: "colldv_at_lists.ala.org" <colldv_at_lists.ala.org>
I recall two ideas from an ALA session about collection development from around 10 years or so ago. One was to place reference books in the circ collection then see if anyone complained (no one did). The other was the $50 test: take $50 from petty cash to place a $1 bill inside of the 50 most expensive reference books in your collection. Go look for the money in a couple of months. The librarian who did this test got most of the money back. ______________________________________ Steven Dunlap Associate Director for Resource Management Lane Medical Library & Knowledge Management Center Stanford Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive, L109, Stanford, CA 94305-5123 http://lane.stanford.edu<http://lane.stanford.edu/> sadunlap_at_stanford.edu<mailto:sadunlap_at_stanford.edu> 650.721.4200 [cid:image001.png_at_01D3CA5A.84549740] From: colldv-request_at_lists.ala.org <colldv-request_at_lists.ala.org> On Behalf Of Brewer, Michael M - (brewerm) Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 12:28 PM To: Erin Gallagher <gallaghere_at_reed.edu>; colldv_at_lists.ala.org Subject: Re: [ALCTS-colldv] Strategies for weeding print reference collections I’d be curious to hear if anyone is rethinking their reference collections as a whole and either just integrating them into their stacks, moving them into the stacks (but keeping them as a cohesive collection), or recreating a greater reference collection (with all the reference content that has been moved to the stacks over the years), but housing that collection in the stack (rather than taking up the typical real estate used for reference collections). Because of a major renovation, we are in the process of moving ours in pieces to be adjacent to content in the stacks with the same call number ranges (toward eventually integrating it as we can make room). I can’t say I wouldn’t have wanted to do this even if we hadn’t been renovating, but it is making it easier. As a librarian and scholar, I love the idea of a reconstituted reference collection in the stacks (for browsing purposes), but doubt that would really be worth the effort or what the majority of our clientele would use. mb Michael Brewer | Librarian Interim Senior Information Resources Officer University of Arizona Libraries, A349G | 1510 E. University Blvd. P.O. Box 210055 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 | (520) 307-2771 From: <colldv-request_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:colldv-request_at_lists.ala.org>> on behalf of Erin Gallagher <gallaghere_at_reed.edu<mailto:gallaghere_at_reed.edu>> Reply-To: Erin Gallagher <gallaghere_at_reed.edu<mailto:gallaghere_at_reed.edu>> Date: Monday, June 4, 2018 at 12:14 PM To: "colldv_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:colldv_at_lists.ala.org>" <colldv_at_lists.ala.org<mailto:colldv_at_lists.ala.org>> Subject: [ALCTS-colldv] 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>
