Less Is More: A Practical Guide to Weeding School Library Collections

Table of Contents 
 
 
Chapter 1: The Role of Weeding in Collection Development (Why Less is More) 
 ¿ Picture This 
 ¿ What Is Weeding and Why Should I Do It? 
 ¿ Excuses, Excuses (and Why They Don't Hold Water) 
 
Chapter 2: General Weeding Guidelines 
 ¿ Policies and Procedures 
 ¿ Time Tested Models 
 ¿ General Criteria for Weeding 
 ¿ Items Not to Weed 
 ¿ Helpful Hints 
 
Chapter 3: Getting Started and Keeping On Keeping On 
 ¿ How to Start Weeding 
 ¿ When to Weed 
 ¿ When Is Weeding Completed? 
 ¿ Working with Teachers and Others 
 ¿ Weeding Topics, Criteria and Suggestions 
 
Chapter 4: Weeding Criteria by Topic and Dewey Number 
 
Chapter 5: What Automation Hath Wrought 
 
¿ Using Your Online Catalog and Circulation System in Weeding 
¿ Commercial Collection Development and Analysis Services 
¿ On the Horizon 
 
Chapter 6: What's Next? 
 ¿ What to Do with Items You've Weeded 
 ¿ Updating Your Records 
 ¿ Adding to the Collection 
 
Weeding Resources on the World Wide Web 
 
General Weeding Criteria by Dewey Classification