Learning Resource and Development

The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide /

Vnuk, Rebecca,

The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide / Rebecca Vnuk. - Second edition. - xxii, 214 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The basics -- Shelf by shelf: 000,100,200 -- Shelf by shelf: 300s -- Shelf by shelf: 400s and 500s -- Shelf by shelf: 600s -- Shelf by shelf: 700s -- Shelf by shelf: 800s and fiction -- Shelf by shelf:900s and biography -- Other areas of the collection -- Special considerations for youth collections -- Weeding gone wrong -- Diversity and inclusion -- The importance of a collection development plan.

"Filled with field-tested strategies and adaptable collection development policies, this updated handbook will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use"--

9780838937174

2021062392


Discarding of books, periodicals, etc.--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Collection development (Libraries)--United States--Policy statements.
Public libraries--Collection development--United States.

Z703.6 / .V68 2022

025.216 / V849w