"I find 'rightsizing' a genuine upgrade from synonyms like weeding, pruning, or deselection. Rather than focusing on what is wrong with the removed materials and rather than acting solely or even primarily in service of space constraints, collections rightsizing seeks to examine materials through a user-centric lens. The collections rightsizing mindset involves affirmative, collaborative, and mindful choices of which materials to keep, resulting in an optimally-sized, attractive, and useful collection ... The authors include plenty of details about how to actually undertake such a project; examples throughout the text include policies to shape and guide a project, print retention memoranda of understanding (MOU) to ensure safety in rightsizing, removal candidate lists (and processes for creating these lists), and suggested procedures at all steps of the way."
— Technicalities
"Highly informative for those who need clear guidance on deselection criteria and how to plan for potential collaborations to manage shared print [collections]."
— Technical Services Quarterly
"Project management principles are explored to step through the process from initiation, planning, implementation, and on to closure. This helps guide the reader through all the steps that need to be considered with examples given to help understand and streamline processes. In particular the JSTOR example, for print journal withdrawal, makes it a replicable project for other academic libraries to follow ... I think the principles of rightsizing are imperative for a considered and holistic approach to academic library collection management. The strategies contained within this book are easy to follow, helpful, and will guide readers through the deselection process now and in the future."
— Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association