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Annotated Bibliography: I Feel the Need, the Need to Weed!

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Cully, J. (2015). I Feel the Need, the Need to Weed! : Maintaining an E-book Collection. Southeaster Librarian, 63(1), 2-5. Retrieved from http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy-clarion.klnpa.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=b6ae90a0-6831-483b-ad9a-0d90b30cb180%40sessionmgr4009&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=102913000&db=lls

Weeding is a fundamental part of maintaining a library collection, though it is often thought to be a task for the physical collection only, and the electronic collection can be overlooked in the weeding process. However, it is just as important to weed the electronic collection as well as the physical collection.
Electronic collections can be easier to maintain, as there are systems that are patron-driven, that is the library only purchases the books after they have been requested by a patron, helping the collection to stay relevant to the community needs. This also helps keep the patrons active in the process of developing the collection.
Weeding helps the online collection in the same way that weeding helps a physical collection, it helps to remove materials that aren't used often, as well as older materials that may not have accurate information anymore. It also will help narrow down the search results that patrons see when they search, making it easier to find the materials they are looking for and not slogging through many useless results.  
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