Weeding of the 900's
Geography & World History
Why this section?
The shelf-life of items in this section of the library is about 15 years. Perspectives of historical events change, and countries come and go, so it is necessary for the media specialist to weed this section as these changes occur. Sometimes this is difficult to do every year, however, so every 5 years (recommended by my mentor) is a valid amount of time.
Dictionaries to History of Africa: Tunisia & Libya
In this section I found several outdated atlases, books on countries that no longer exist, and some that just had unnecessary/irrelevant information. I believe these sections needed this weeding done because when students come to research about different countries; they will fine the most current information, and not information about places that no longer exist or are relevant.
History of Africa: Egypt, Sudan, & South Sudan to Antarctica
In this section I found about the same amount of books that were just as outdated as the last. I also found an old collection of state books that were no longer needed since we had newer state books. They must of been left there just so that we would have a book in the collection about that certain state.
Forever a Crick in My Neck
I learned that while weeding I had to constantly have my neck turned to the side to look at titles. After awhile my neck began to hurt. I feel like this is a right of passage that every librarian must go through.
The Weeded Books
There was a list of over 900...
Mr. Harper and I had printed a list off that specifically showed us books in our collection that were 15 years or older. I went through our collection and used the MUSTIE method (Misleading, Ugly, Superseded, Trivial, Irrelevant, and Elsewhere). At the end of the weeding process, I had pulled 283 books total for weeding.
The Disposal
These books will be first offered to teachers within Rising Starr for classroom use. After that has occurred, any books left will be packed up and shipped off to the county warehouse where they will be sold or recycled.