There is a great article in this month's (May/June, 2010) LMC magazine about
weeding, especially why. "Weed 'em and Reap: The Art of Weeding to Avoid
Criticism," by Melissa Allen. Perhaps you can give her a copy of the article and
explain that weeding is part of a librarian's job and that you are doing service to
the library and the students (and even the teachers).
Does your school/district have a Library Services Manual? If yes, weeding is
probably in there, too.
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Lee D. Gordon
Project Facilitator, K-12 Library Services
Clark County School District
3950 S. Pecos-McLeod
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Lee_Gordon@interact.ccsd.net
or lgordon24@cox.net
---- Teresa Sterchi <tsterchi@ALCOASCHOOLS.NET> wrote:
> I am weeding the reference section of the library. I have pulled
> books that are falling apart from age and books that no longer meet
> our needs research wise and that are out of date. I was just told by
> a teacher that I am not doing a good service for our school in doing
> this. I explained why I am pulling these books, but she was not happy
> with my response. What do you do in this situation? This is the
> third time this has happened and always with teachers who have been in
> this school for years and feel that no books should be weeded--ever.
> I always offer teachers and students the opportunity to take these
> weeded books, but I am very frustrated today with this situation.
> Thanks for my venting opportunity.
>
> Teresa Sterchi
> tsterchi@alcoaschools.net
>
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