Comments on: Collection Development: Weeding http://www.athenasbanquet.net/2009/07/collection-development-weeding Devouring words Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sarah http://www.athenasbanquet.net/2009/07/collection-development-weeding/comment-page-1#comment-52 sarah Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:33:57 +0000 http://www.athenasbanquet.net/?p=19#comment-52 In many cases, they were pretty out of date but in decent condition. Still, we only have a limited amount of shelf space and if the content covered was available in a newer book then we'd tend to keep that one. If it was old but we truly didn't have anything covering that material (and the material was in-demand), we'd absolutely keep an older book, but that's a pretty rare situation. I did pull a book from 1965 on African instruments. We didn't have anything newer or better and it wasn't in terrible condition, but I <i>really</i> can't justify keeping a book that includes the phrase "a musical people" in the subtitle on the shelves. In many cases, they were pretty out of date but in decent condition. Still, we only have a limited amount of shelf space and if the content covered was available in a newer book then we’d tend to keep that one.

If it was old but we truly didn’t have anything covering that material (and the material was in-demand), we’d absolutely keep an older book, but that’s a pretty rare situation.

I did pull a book from 1965 on African instruments. We didn’t have anything newer or better and it wasn’t in terrible condition, but I really can’t justify keeping a book that includes the phrase “a musical people” in the subtitle on the shelves.

]]> By: tejolote http://www.athenasbanquet.net/2009/07/collection-development-weeding/comment-page-1#comment-47 tejolote Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:02:01 +0000 http://www.athenasbanquet.net/?p=19#comment-47 Books that were published or acquired before I was born were definitely on the chopping block (and there were a few of these…) Were they all in such terrible condition or so horribly out of date? “Circ it til it’s dead” What a lovely heroic? Quixotic? motto. Neither word is quite right, but it's a lovely image all the same. I have a hard enough time thinning my own collection periodically, I can't imagine the Herculean task of thinning a library collection. Books that were published or acquired before I was born were definitely on the chopping block (and there were a few of these…)

Were they all in such terrible condition or so horribly out of date?

“Circ it til it’s dead”

What a lovely heroic? Quixotic? motto. Neither word is quite right, but it’s a lovely image all the same.

I have a hard enough time thinning my own collection periodically, I can’t imagine the Herculean task of thinning a library collection.

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