I have one rule and one rule only ---- curriculum. (and not just the current
curriculum). Iti s indeed a slippery slope - this discarding business.
For example, I have many titles in the 930s on ancient civilizations - none of
which has circulated since 1974. A rule of thumb might be to discard them. However,
I kept them. This week a new teacher is doing a project on river valley
civilizations - and we are using those same books daily.
Yes, of course- info on AIDS is out of date immediately - those decisions are
easy. It is the fiction - especially the classics - which become a problem. We have
all the classic novels - not used since the 1908s - until a teacher 2 years ago
decided to make them required reading - and now voila - instant success.
Basically, discarding or weeding (to give it a PC spin) is a crap shoot. You weed -
then you need.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo, MGC
Director of Library Services
Bishop Kearney High School | A Golisano Education Partner
125 Kings Highway South
Rochester, New York 14617
585.342.4000 x231
585.342.4694 (fax)
www.bkhs.org
College Prep. Plus.
-----Original Message-----
From: "paul brown" [prbbrown@HOTMAIL.COM]
Date: 10/23/2007 01:18 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Target: HS - When should a title be de-selected?
Hello,
This is my first posting on LM_NET. Does anyone have a "rule of thumb" to go by
when de-selecting non fiction titles? For example, age of the title? condition?
content? or another consideration? I recently attended a conference where I heard
there is no research to determine when a title is too old or out dated and should
be weeded. Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Paul R. Brown
New LMS/teacher
Orange County High School
Orange, VA
prbbrown@hotmail.com
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