February 2000 Weed of the Month

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

Good morning LM_NETters!

After a brief delay, the Weed of the Month web pages on February's topic
of Transportation have been posted at the following URL:
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/  Previous topics for the last two years
are archived at this location.

All school students deal with the issue of transportation every day.
Transportation schedules and  methods sometimes determine the framework
of their days.  In addition to logistics, there is a natural interest in
the various forms of transportation.  The curiosity is there from their
first words, to first bikes, to first cars, and first travels.  Your
collection should encourage that interest and help students to become
knowledgeable about this vital part of society and life today.

When you have examined your school's Transportation Collection and found
titles to weed, please email me at the address below and we will add
them to the list (without your name!). The same goes for terrific new
Transportation titles you would like others to discover.  Our list of
titles to consider for purchase is very brief this month, we could
really use some input from all of you!

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weeding and titles to consider when replacing outdated materials. These
suggested lists are neither comprehensive nor authoritative.  You may
agree or disagree with some of the titles. That's fine! You may have a
more recent edition or version of a title that you would never consider
for weeding. Remember that weeding is always subject to your
professional judgment because you know your students and your curriculum.

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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@firn.edu
Assistant director, SUNLINK
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

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