I'm posting this to several lists, so apologies if you receive this more than once.
We're starting a major weeding project in our circulating collection and were curious how other academic libraries handle a couple of issues we're wrestling with. We are using OCLC Greenglass, so we have all kinds of statistics regarding our circulation and holdings in Tennessee, the US, and our comparison group. We also hope to create an actual weeding policy for future use instead of the ad hoc decisions we've been making. Hopefully some of you have dealt with similar questions and can give us some input.
1. When you have more than one copy of a work, how do you decide if you should keep more than one copy? If you use circulation counts, what level of circulation justifies keeping a second (or third) copy?
2. When you have multiple editions of a work, how do you decide if it's worthwhile to keep more than one edition? I can see keeping multiple translations of a literary work for example, but are there good reasons to keep multiple editions in other areas?
3. How do you weight the number of holdings of a work in other libraries in your state/country/other comparison group?
Any input you have will be gratefully received.
Katy Libby
Cataloging & Metadata Librarian
Sherrod Library
East Tennessee State University
423-439-6992
libby_at_etsu.edu<mailto:libby_at_etsu.edu>
Received on Tue Feb 26 2019 - 12:19:34 EST