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Carol Anderson, Librarian Plainwell Community Schools, Plainwell, MI canderso@accn.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For more help see LM_NET On The Web: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Subject: A/V discarding I just started in an elementary library this year and have a question about discarding filmstrips and kits. The library I am in has an A/V room attached that seems to have been used as a storage (throw anything you don't know what to do with in here and no one will notice) room. It's been slow going, but I have managed to throw out a lot of junk. There are a few hundred old filmstrips and kits that aren't used and I need to discard them to get ready for automation (yippee!). ANYWAY, since it's my first year in this particular library I'm not sure what is still used by teachers. I have set aside the things I would like to discard, and want to give teachers a chance to save anything they still use. I would like to have a day after school where teachers can come and look over potential discards. If at least two people say they use something, it would stay in the collection. Has anyone done something similar to this? Could you give me some advice? --Some teachers have expressed an interested in keeping the discards in their classrooms. I have a problem with this since I am discarding items with "old" information. But if they are willing to store it, should I let them take it? --I don't want teachers to find things they didn't know we had and ask me to keep it even though they haven't used or might not ever use it. --The past librarian bought videos to replace filmstrips, but never discarded the filmstrips. This is an older faculty, very set in it's ways, and some still use the filmstrips instead of the newer videos. Should I toss those filmstrips anyway since there is newer material that covers that subject? Sorry this was so long. Thanks for any advice or suggestions that you can share. Have a happy Valentine's Day! Laura Burns, librarian Dansville Elementary LauraLib@aol.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST NOTE: Please allow time for confirmation from Listserv. For more help see LM_NET On The Web: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=