I don't know how many of you have heard of the website http://freecycle.org,
but it is an international group that has local recycling groups. The
weeding topic made me associate it with LM_NET. There was a member looking
for any books to donate to the local jail for prisoners to read. If any of
you are into recycling other items to keep them out of landfills, this is a
great group. Everything must be given away and not be sold. There was
another group looking for used inkjet cartridges for a group to donate to a
recycler. At the main page, you choose your general location and then
narrow it down to find the groups nearest you. It is a great place to find
odd items and to get rid of odd items. I am using it to get rid of cannas
that are overflowing my flower bed.
It would be great for weeding if your system allows it.
Carl Seale, Librarian -- Retired
cbseale@sbcglobal.net
http://www.antiquesnthings.net
Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his
party did not miss the boat.
Mark Twain
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Youse" <cyouse_cgs@YAHOO.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: [LM_NET] Weeding
>I love the idea of having teachers help weed, with the
> added benefit of another reason to get them in the
> media center.
>
> I have also had students help weed with impressive
> results. Last year I was the first professional
> librarian in a K-8 school in Illinois with a 50 year
> old library (previously run by volunteers). They kept
> EVERYTHING that came through the doors. I needed to
> weed and weed fast due to a construction project and
> two planned moves of the books in and out of the media
> center. I drafted the 5th through 8th grade students.
>
> First, I covered the general Dewey classifications and
> then discussed authority, currency, and relevancy with
> the students. We reviewed it all a couple of times,
> incuding where to find the copyright, and if the book
> was one that fit with our school's curriculum (17th
> Century Spanish Furniture books, of which we had an
> impressive number, did not fit our goals).
>
> I passed out weeding worksheets and set them loose in
> the stacks. They were all to return with one book
> they nominated to weed. Each student had to stand up
> and tell the Dewey number and class of the book,
> display the book, and why they felt is should be
> weeded from our collection. I think I only overruled
> one choice.
>
> They did a great job culling out some ancient things,
> got some laughs, I learned what they really liked, and
> they found some 'gems' hidden on the shelves--The
> Seventeen Guide to Beauty, copyright 1964 was checked
> out for the rest of the year, with a waiting list--
> and the hairdos at the dances were retro! I had
> students coming in the rest of the year during study
> halls asking for those 'bad book' papers to look for
> some bad books.
>
> The exercise also set off an excellent discussion of
> the difference between weeding a collection and
> banning books (they remembered September's discussions
> during Banned Book Week).
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheryl Youse, MLS
> Media Specialist
> Hatherly Elementary School
> 35201 Davison
> Sterling Heights, MI 48310
> 586-825-2880
> cyouse_cgs@yahoo.com
>
>
>
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