Re: [LM_NET] Donations of old encyclopedias [heur]

[Lynn Foltz <foltzl@SANFORDSCHOOL.ORG>]

Hello, all,
 

I have been enjoying using Less is More:  A Practical Guide to Weeding School 
Library Collections by Donna J. Baumbach and Linda L. Miller, the wonderful Sunlink 
folks.  They quote Gail Dickinson, from "Crying Over Spilled Milk":

 

"The milk in the refrigerator is past the sell date, has an odor, and is curdled 
and lumpy.  Would you:

 

Keep it, because you don't know when you could get to the store to buy more?  Then 
why would you keep a book on the shelf with misinformation because you don't know 
when you could replace it?

 

Keep it, because otherwise your refrigerator would look empty?  Then why would you 
keep outdated books on the shelf to preserve a fake collection size?

 

Give it to a neighbor to keep in his or her refrigerator?  Then why would you send 
outdated encyclopedias or other materials to a teacher for classroom use?

 

Donate it to a food pantry for hungry children?  Then why would you send outdated 
resources to be used by children in this or other countries?"

 

Unless you are going to go through the set and retain only the information that is 
still valid, I would make the set into furniture.

 

Lynn Foltz, Upper School Librarian

Sanford School
Hockessin, DE
foltzl@sanfordschool.org

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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Cinnamon Cripe
Sent: Sat 11/4/2006 2:28 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] Donations of old encyclopedias [heur]



Hello
  
  What would you do with a donation of encyclopedias that are in good condition 
with a copyright date of 1983?  I feel they are too old to add to our collection, 
but on the other hand some of the information in them is still accurate.
  
  What would you do?
  
  Thanks for your help.
  
  Cinnamon
  


Cinnamon Cripe
  Librarian
  Al Sahwa Schools
  Muscat, Oman


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