The weeding handbook : a shelf-by-shelf guide

Weeding can be a controversial subject. But, as Booklist editor, librarian, and blogger Rebecca Vnuk puts it, "A library is an ever-changing organism. Weeding helps the library thrive." In Weeding: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide, Vnuk has written the definitive guide to weeding library collections the right way. Building on her series of popular Booklist articles on weeding, Vnuk takes the stress out of weeding, providing practical and thoughtful strategies for why and how to weed.

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 -- The importance of a collection development plan -- Appendix A. Public: Morton Grove Public Library, IL -- Appendix B. Public: La Grange Public Library, IL -- Appendix C. Public: Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, MA -- Appendix D. Public: Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA -- Appendix E. Public: Glen Ellyn Public Library, IL -- Appendix F. Public: Chicago Public Library, IL -- Appendix G. Public: Seattle Public Library, WA -- Appendix H. Academic: Columbia University, NY -- Appendix I. Academic: Emmanuel d'Alzon Library, Assumption College, Worcester, MA -- Appendix J. School media center: Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore, MD -- Appendix K. School media center: Georgetown Independent School District, Georgetown, TX.