Weeding

[] Weeding article from SLJ by Doug Johnson

NEW YORK CITY LIBRARIAN'S HANDBOOK (Donna) WEEDING In order to maintain the quality of the collection, materials specialists will periodically assess the collection to identify those items that are no longer appropriate. These materials will be discarded, or weeded, from the collection following these procedures: A. worn or missing standard items are replaced periodically B. out-of-date or no longer useful materials are withdrawn from the collection