BenchMarc offered through Sagebrush does a similar analysis. I have run
both of them on my M/HS collection. In looking at the data, the collection
age report from BenchMARC indicated that the Benchmark is from Library
Power. They used an "oldest suggested copyright" date that varies from 12
to 20 years old. In the technology areas as well as some health and
science areas, it would seem that over 3 years old would make the
information outdated. Other areas could be considerably older (history,
biography, ancient civ. etc). Library Power indicates that most books over
20 years old should be discarded. My professional and personal opinion
would run somewhere between the 5 and 20 year dates, depending on the
specific subject.
At 10:18 AM 3/17/2004 -0500, Denise Moore wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>I want to thank everyone who recommended both Titlewave and
>Titlewise. Both are wonderful resources and I am using them both.
>One question-The Titlewise analysis recommends that aged books
>include any in your collection that are over 3 years old for computers
>and over 5 years old for all other nonfiction areas. These seem
>somewhat unrealistic to me. This means that all books in my collection
>before 2000 are aged. Hence, my collection is very antiquated.
>Wouldn't 8 to 10 years be more workable, especially in light of
>constant budget cuts? Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
>Denise Moore
>Media Specialist
>Ellenville High School
>Ellenville, NY 12428
>845-647-0123 x284
>www.ecs.k12.ny.us
>
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