Collection Evaluation and Weeding
Laura Mills - Module 5
Windsor Forest High School
Grades 9-12 and Pre-k
Weeding the "career" section
The career section is a section in my media center that combines books from the 100's-700's that relate to careers in occupational certain fields. The books that were chosen to be weeded from the collection were books that had a copyright date 2007. The title analysis I ran in Follett Titlewave confirmed that these books should be weeded because they are considered "aged" titles.
"What Can I Do Now?" Section to be weeded
What Can I Do Now? Exploring Careers for Your Future - Books in the Career Section of the Media Center
Copyright 2007 Second Edition
These books are aged titles and considered to be irrelevant. There are newer, more up-to-date titles available.
Radio and Television
Engineering
Sports
Fashion
Health Care
Art
Music
Safety and Security
Disposing the books
When I weed books from my collection, I first offer them to the teachers to use in their classrooms. This offer is open for 1 week. After that week, my clerk boxes them up and I call our local humane society to come pick them up. The Humane Society sells them to make a profit.