Weeding and teachers

[Emily Smith <ESmithLMS@AOL.COM>]

Hello all,

I've been posting a lot of questions in these last months about weeding, and the 
responses have really been so helpful!  Thank You!

My question today is regarding teachers: I recently weeded through my fiction. I've 
found that the students in my school (Esp 4 and 5 grades) don't want to check out 
books. I think in part it is bec of the old stuff I have (had) here. When I weeded, 
my 2 big criteria were circulation and condition.  I made sure to keep a copy of 
Newbery/classics, but when I had 3 and 4 copies of the same book that wasn't 
circulating, I pitched some.

One of the reading teachers came to me about the books (I offered them to the 
faculty in our faculty room) and was very concerned. I explained that I kept copies 
of Newbery/classics, but that my main goal was to make room for new fiction to get 
my kids reading.

Was I wrong to pitch the stuff?
TIA,
Emily

Emily Smith, Librarian
John West School, NY
ESmithLMS@aol.com

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