Tips for Media Specialists

Age of Collection data can be used for collection analysis and development. It indicates the currency or lack of currency in fiction, non-fiction, and the total collection. It is possible to compare the data from similar schools within a district, and to a state average.

Administrators and parent groups might be more inclined to financially support new aquisitions if shown the graphs of the age of collection. Sometimes a picture really IS worth a thousand words!

Related Tutorials

How to Search SUNLINK by Date Range shows you how to search for old materials to weed.

Learn how to create bibliographies with Bibliography Builder. Use it to create a list of books to consider for weeding!