Good points. That is precisely why I am very careful about making blanket
statements such as _ Weed everything that hasn't circulated in x number of
years...or weed all materials before a certain date, etc. I have learned
that what was "dead" material at one point can resurface years later as an
important part of the curriculum. Curriculum and curriculum alone should be
our guide - which means we have to know trends, history, and possibilities.
I have novels, for example, on the shelf that haven't circulated in over 15
years but I hang on to them (if they are anyway decent literature) and try
to find creative methods to push them.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
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Rochester, New York 14617
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585-342-4694 (FAX)
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From: "edward nizalowski" <enizalowski@NVCS.STIER.ORG>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: Weeding justification
> Hello,
> I wanted to send out a cautionary note regarding weeding
your =
> collection of all "sexist, racist, inaccurate" or outdated materials. =
> At a certain point, these may become primary resources. I once had a =
> book on marraige from the 1950's. I thought that I kept it, but I don't =
> see it on the shelf anymore. It was a superb source of showing what was =
> expected of women in that era. If you have a great number of item of =
> this type, you might need to establish a separate category of some sort. =
> Any thoughts on this subject?
>
> Ed Nizalowski, SMS
> Newark Valley High School
> Newark Valley, NY
> enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org
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> > From: Robert Eiffert [SMTP:beiffert@COMCAST.NET]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 7:45 PM
> > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Weeding justification
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> > Doug Johnson has written the best I have seen. "Weed", in Library =
> Media
> > Connection, Aug 2003. The Head for the Edge column. Major points: =
> "Rids
> > your collections of sexist, racist and just plain inaccurate =
> materials",
> > "Makes the good stuff easier to find and more appealing", and very
> > importantly "Sends the message that the library may not be adequately
> > funded."
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> > It is available through Ebsco's Prof Dev collection.
> >=20
> > He has a website (http://www.doug-johnson.com/).
> >=20
> > Robert Eiffert, Librarian
> > Pacific Middle School
> > Evergreen SD 114 Vancouver WA
> > beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
> > pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
> > robert@crypticmachinery.net
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> > [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Terri Chalaturnyk
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:59 AM
> > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Weeding justification
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> > I'm looking for a well written short article that I can pass out to =
> the
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> > Terri Chalaturnyk
> > Campbell River, BC, Canada
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