Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Role of Weeding in Collection Development (Why Less is More)
¿ Picture This
¿ What Is Weeding and Why Should I Do It?
¿ Excuses, Excuses (and Why They Don't Hold Water)
Chapter 2: General Weeding Guidelines
¿ Policies and Procedures
¿ Time Tested Models
¿ General Criteria for Weeding
¿ Items Not to Weed
¿ Helpful Hints
Chapter 3: Getting Started and Keeping On Keeping On
¿ How to Start Weeding
¿ When to Weed
¿ When Is Weeding Completed?
¿ Working with Teachers and Others
¿ Weeding Topics, Criteria and Suggestions
Chapter 4: Weeding Criteria by Topic and Dewey Number
Chapter 5: What Automation Hath Wrought
¿ Using Your Online Catalog and Circulation System in Weeding
¿ Commercial Collection Development and Analysis Services
¿ On the Horizon
Chapter 6: What's Next?
¿ What to Do with Items You've Weeded
¿ Updating Your Records
¿ Adding to the Collection
Weeding Resources on the World Wide Web
General Weeding Criteria by Dewey Classification