Weeding in Libraries

A Partial Index to What’s Out There

• Collection Development Training for Arizona Libraries–CDT –a comprehensive site

• Weeding the Library Media Center Collections–State of Iowa, Department of Education

• Weeding Course from the Alternate Basic Library Education/ABLE Courses at the Idaho State Library

• Culling Your Collection: The Fine Art of Weeding–ALA-Association for Library Collections and Technical Services webinar

• Collection Management pages, Jefferson County, Kentucky Public Schools — Weeding Manual, Jefferson County, Kentucky Public Schools

• Weeding FAQ–Iowa’s Library Service Areas

• Library of Congress Collection Development & the Internet ListServ List

• Beloit Public Library Wisconsin Weeding Policy

• Collection Management Policy Guidelines, Montana State Library

• Evergreen State College Archives Mission Statement/Policy

• Guidelines for Weeding Library Materials–Alachua County, Florida

• Weeding as a part of collection development by Pamela K. Kramer, 2002

• Culling Your Collection: The Fine Art of Weeding, An ALA/ALCTS webcast

• Weeding Library Collections: A Selected Annotated Bibliography for Library Collection Evaluation–ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 15

• OPAL–Ohio Private Academic Libraries–Weeding Guidelines

• Milwaukee School of Engineering Library Book Weeding

• Weeding Collections: A Four Library Perspective

• Information Access & Delivery: Collection Maintenance & Weeding from the School Library Media Specialist online course

• Weeding a Church Library

• Green Weeding wiki

• Weeding the library collection–online course at OCLC WebJunction

• Libraries & Weeding The Facts Library Director’s Edition Upper Hudson NY Library System

A Short Bibliography of Weeding Tools, Articles, & How To’s

• Baumbach, Donna J. & Linda L. Miller Less is more: A Practical Guide to Weeding School Library Collections Chicago: ALA, 2006.

• Berry, John N. “The weeding war/blatant Berry.” Library Journal, November 12, 2013, p.1-3.

• Dilevka, Juris & Lisa Gottlieb. Weed to achieve: a fundemental part of the public library mission? Library collections, acquisitions, & technical services 27 (2003), 73-96

• Dreyer, Sharon Spredemann. The Bookfinder: a guide to children’s literature about the needs and problems of youth aged 2 and up. Volume 4 annotation of books published 1983 through 1986. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service, 1989. Look for other volumes in this series (Volume 5, 1994).

• Fichtelberg, Susan & Bridget Dealy Volz. Primary Genreflecting: A Guide to Picture Books and Easy Readers. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2010. ISBN 1-56308-9076.

• Gwinnett County (GA) Public Library Weeding Manual. 2nd edition. Chicago: PLA, 2002.

• Granger’s index to poetry. New York: Columbia University Press.

• H. W. Wilson Company Core Collections series, Index to Children’s Poetry, Play Index, Short Story Index, etc.

• Hearne, Betsy Gould and Deborah Stevenson. Choosing books for children : a commonsense guide. 3rd edition.Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, 2000, C.1999. ISBN: 0-25206-9285.

• Johnson, Douglas A. “Weeding a neglected collection.” School Library Journal, November 1990, p. 48.

• Libraries Unlimited Best Books for. . .Series, A to Zoo, & Genreflecting series.

• Local lists used in school districts, such as recommended reading lists and Accelerated Reader lists.

• Larson, Jeanette. The CREW method: a weeding method for modern libraries. Revised and updated. Austin: Texas State Library, 2008.

• National Council of Teachers of English series–includes Adventuring with books: a booklist for pre-K–grade 6, Your reading: a booklist for junior high and middle school students, Books for you: a booklist for senior high students & many other booklists.

• The Newbery and Caldecott awards: a guide to the medal and honor books. 2015 edition. Association for Library Service to Children. Chicago: ALA, 2015. Annual. ISSN 1070-4493.

• Orr, Cynthia & Diana Tixier Herald, editors. Genreflecting: a guide to popular reading interests. 7th edition. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2013. ISBN 1-159884-8402.

• Slote, Stanley J. Weeding library collections: library weeding methods. 4th edition. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited (ABC-CLIO), 1997.

• Tixier, Diana. Teen genreflecting 3. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2010. ISBN 1-59158-7298.

• Vnuk, Rebecca. The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide. Chicago: ALA, 2015.

• Winkle, Lois and Sue Kimmel. Mother Goose comes first: an annotated guide to the best books and recordings for your preschool child. New York: Henry Holt, 1990. ISBN 0-8050-1001-7.

Contact Information about the Weeding Workshop & the Presenters:

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