I would definitely use the Wilson's Children's Catalog to stay up-to-date when
weeding. I used the Children's, Middle School, and High School Catalogs when I
weeded our 5-12 grade library (and I even had a Public Library Catalog because we
used a lot of materials that weren't normally found in public school programs at
the high school level). Using all of the catalogs helped me to make decisions
about the materials that I needed to weed AND it allowed me to find titles that I
didn't have but needed to order.
I was happy to find that many of the book titles that I had purchased a couple of
years earlier ended up in the Wilson Catalogs as their suggested "mainstays" within
the collection, so I felt I had done a great job in collection development----and
with the catalogs, I knew that I was doing a great job in weeding out the
unnecessary.
I'd highly suggest purchasing one for this type of ongoing project within any
school library! It helps to guide you if you're in a one-person library and it
gives you the confidence to know that your decisions are supported by professional
standards used around the nation.
~Shonda
Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
4200 Country Day Lane
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
817.732.7718 ext. 339
"We can't wait for somebody outside of ourselves to rescue us, because nobody is
coming to the rescue..."
~ Ross Todd, Professor
School of Communications, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University
sbrisco@fwcds.org
http://www.fwcds.org/campus/libraries/default.asp
>>> "Tripp, Bettina" <BTripp@ROCKYPOINT.K12.NY.US> 04/24/06 6:52 AM >>>
Hi.
How many of you get/use the Wilson Children's Catalog. It was the Bible at my old
public library--nothing listed there was discarded. I am beginning a massive weed
(of books with copyright dates in the 60s and 70s!) and wondered whether anyone
thought it was worth purchasing and if so--print or on line. Thanks as always for
your advice.
Bettina
Bettina Tripp
Library Media Specialist
Frank J. Carasiti Elementary
Rocky Point School District
Rocky Point, NY 11787
631-744-1600 x2210
btripp@rockypoint.k12.ny.us
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