Reap the benefits of a well-weeded collection! This session will discuss the life cycle of a collection, including weeding techniques, collection management policies, and how to motivate reluctant weeders. Join co-authors of the popular blog Awful Library Books to learn their holistic approach to collection management as they help all types and sizes of libraries find the joy in a shelf list that reflects a clean, relevant, and current collection!

Presented by: Mary Kelly, Digital Services and Emerging Technologies Librarian, and Holly Hibner, Adult Services Coordinator, at the Plymouth District Library (MI), co-creators of Awful Library Books, and co-authors of “Making a Collection Count: A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management.”

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Related Resources and Links

• Awful Library Books
• Sample Collection Documents
  
• Making a Collection Count: A Holistic Approach to Library Collection Management, book by Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner
  
• CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
• Seven Answers to Seven Weeding Questions by Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner
  
• Collections Management on WebJunction
• Weeding the Library Collection, a course on WebJunction
• WebJunction webinar, Book Challenges and Intellectual Freedom: Proactive Planning for Public Libraries
• Resources on Book Challenges and Intellectual Freedom
• Additional links shared in chat
• Better World Books for some discards
• Medical Library Association, Collection Development Best Practices (pdf) – for possible questions specific to collection development of medical books
• National Archives and Records Administration's Statement on Potentially Harmful Content
• National Library of New Zealand, Complaints about library items