Draft--Sept.2000 Weed of the Month

[Carol McWilliams <mcwillia_c@popmail.firn.edu>]

Comments, suggestions, etc.??? I won't post until Matt has the page
ready.

Good morning LM_NETters!

This month's topic is Curiosities & Wonders.  Titles on the subject of
curiosities and wonders attract a broad range of students, from the most
avid reader to the most reluctant. These titles will circulate!  But,
outdated content will quickly be a negative reflection on your
collection when detected by the reader. Or worse yet, it will be a
professional disservice to the reader NOT detecting that something is no
longer a curiosity or wonder! A new addition for this year is grade
levels on the list of titles to consider for purchase.

A brief explanation of Weed of the Month for new lm_netters: The SUNLINK
Weed of the Month began in September, 1997, as an effort to help provide
Florida's School Library Media Specialists with guidelines and
suggestions for weeding their collections a little at a time as well as
for adding quality materials. The project idea and specific suggestions
came from media specialists around the world via LM_NET, and SUNLINK's
Weed of the Month parallels a similar effort taking place throughout
the country. A section of a school library media collection is
identified each month during the school year (September through May) as
a weeding target.

For more information, including guidelines for weeding this area,
suggested titles to examine, and possible titles to consider for
purchase, go to http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/  .The current topic, as
well as the archives of previous Weed of the Month topics for the past
three years may be found at the same location by scrolling down the menu
bar on the left side of the screen.

Past topics include: Space & Astronomy, Native Americans, Europe,
Africa, Careers, Diseases, Dinosaurs, Cookery, Biography, Folk tales,
Computer Science, Fiction, Geography, Holidays, Sports, Maps & Atlases,
Personal Finance, Vocational Trades, Professional Collections, Weather,
Hobbies & Crafts, Music, Black History, Transportation, Drug & Alcohol
Education, Cuba, and Tobacco Education.

Many thanks to the lm_netters who have emailed their support for this
effort, and who have contributed wonderful stories to the section called
"things we've dug up while weeding!" Let's make this another year of
weeding outdated, inaccurate information as well as those "moldy
oldies!"

--
Carol McWilliams
mcwillia_c@popmail.firn.edu
Assistant director, SUNLINK
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

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