The Central Washington
University deselection page provides a clearly identified strategy for deselecting
books in the collection. The beginning section is called Collection Life Cycle
here they list what happens to books from being chosen for the library, placed
in the collection, and finally deselection or weeding of a title. This
information is helpful to demonstrate that all books will go through this
process eventually even if they are reshelved in the end.
The process that is described,
although for an academic library, works for any library. The concise language
and numbered points make this page a good go to site for reference. There is a ten-point
General Deselection Criteria section followed by a six-point Deselection Guidelines.
These sixteen points are clearly defined for what and how items are deselected.
Among the topics covered
in the General Deselection Criteria section are relevance, usage, value,
condition among others. Number eight deals with lost and paid material. This is
a good addition as you need to decide if an item needs to be replaced before repurchasing
the item. As an added touch there is a video link on the website that provides
a tour of the university’s library.
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