Weeding Easy Fiction

[Sue Fox <sugarfox@BELLSOUTH.NET>]

There has been a lot a great information about weeding, but it mostly =
addresses non-fiction.  What about fiction?  Some books never grow old.

So how do you weed fiction?  I'm a new media specialist in a K-5 school. =
 Half of our collection is Easy Fiction.  I don't know when it was last =
weeded.  Some of these books are old, bought in the 50's, 60's, & more =
commonly the 70's & 80's.  Many of the bindings have been mended with =
opaque colored tape, so there is no title visible on the spine.  The =
cardboard in the covers is often swollen from use.  Some of the covers =
are the old solid buckram.

Yet they are surpisingly in good shape on the inside.  Few torn pages, =
few loose bindings.  This is not to say some of the art is dated.  My =
guess is they are so physically unappealing that many have not been =
checked out in years.  But certainly we have gotten our money's worth!  =
I have Athena 8.1, & can't figure out how to check circulation by book.  =
I can run a massive report on the computer but it takes a long time.

What guidlelines are there for weeding easy fiction?

Sue Fox
Media Specialist
Jackson Elementary School
Jackson, GA
sugarfox@bellsouth.net

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