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Greetings fellow LM_NETters!

The Weed of the Month web pages on October's topic of
computers havebeen posted at the following URL:
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/

Those of us who accept that a computer is obsolete shortly
after purchase will have no problem understanding the need
to weed this area of the collection.  Dated computer
literature is just as obsolete as a piece of discarded
hardware.

The SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club is an effort to help
provide School Library Media Specialists with guidelines and
suggestions for weeding their collections a little at a time
as well as for adding quality materials.  Included are
sections on how to get started, the rationale for weeding a
topic area, criteria to consider, titles to consider for
weeding and titles to consider when replacing outdated
materials.

The topics from the 1997-98 school year are still posted, as
well as the wonderful stories you shared with us as you
weeded--this section is called "Things we've dug up." We
have added new comments from an lm_netter to the Folklore
section, as well as the DD’s Maxim’s for Collection
Development, reposted with permission from Deborah Duke.

When you have examined your school's computer collection and
found titles to weed, please email me at the address below
and we will add it to the list (without your name!).  The
same goes for terrific new folktale titles (or new versions
of beloved old tales) you would like others to discover.
Please also share your thoughts with your fellow lm_netters!

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It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether
they are good or not.  — Lucius Annaeus SENECA (3 B.C.-65
A.D.)

Carol McWilliams
mcwillia_c@popmail.firn.edu
Assistant director, SUNLINK
Florida's K-12 Library Union Database
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu

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