Weeding dilemma

[Emily Smith <ESmithLMS@AOL.COM>]

Hello all,

I am new to my school this year and have come into a library that was weeded
by the middle school (I'm elem) librarian over the summer.  She told me to go
through again.

I've consulted Sunlink and many other guides, but am stuck with this dilemma.
 Some sections of my library have just plain OLD books- ugly old covers with
very old copyrights.  The library already has many "holes" in its collection
due to the weeding over the summer.  So....do I continue to weed heavily and
remove things that I don't think the students would touch, or do I leave them
for the sake of having SOMETHING on hand?

I'm considering too, the possibility that we might be automating during next
summer...is it worth it to add these older books?   Will weeding them out and
showing my principal how badly we need funds to replace be the way to go?

TIA,
Emily

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

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