| Why
Weed Cuba?
 Cuba
is in the news today. Across the country, but especially
in Florida, there is renewed interest in Cuba. Both print
and broadcast news carry almost daily developments on the
Elian Gonzalez case in Miami. Music stores, movie theaters,
and radio stations reflect the new infatuation with Cuban/Latino
music. Travel buffs are eagerly awaiting the anticipated
opening of travel to Cuba. These are all very current developments.
Is your collection current enough to support this new interest?
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
The
history of Cuba is found in the 972.91 section. Travel in
Cuba is 917.291. Materials dealing with Cuban foreign relations
is located in 327s. Also check your biography section. In
addition to your regular shelving area and reference section,
it is very important to examine and weed your AV collection
to get rid of those old travel filmstrips and videos on
Cuba.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
For
those of us old enough to make a memory connection between
the names of Fidel Castro and Jack Paar, the current news
events on Cuba are understandable. However, none of your
students and very few of your teachers are in this group!
Unfortunately, it is possible that some of your collection
titles on Cuba are of that era. Check titles classified
in the history section to see if they are updated to at
least the last decade. While the material face of Cuba might
seem to be frozen in time by the trade embargo, your AV
titles should not be any more than ten years old. There
are many highly recommended AV titles on the market now
that will give your users a true picture of life in Cuba
today. Biographies of Cuban leaders and personalities should
be current enough to reflect the benefit of historical hindsight
and reevaluations. How old is YOUR biography of Fidel Castro?
Finally, look at your travel materials on Cuba very closely.
Between the renewed interest and the softening travel restrictions
on Cuba, you should retain only the most current titles.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- 90
miles from home : the face of Cuba today, 1961. LCCN 61012645
- Background
to revolution : the development of modern Cuba, 1979.
- Castro,
the Kremlin, and communism in Latin America, 1969. LCCN
68009696
- Castro's
Cuba : an American dilemma, [1962]. LCCN 62010759
- Castro's
revolution : myths and realities, 1962. LCCN 62013305
- Children
are the revolution : day care in Cuba, [1974]. LCCN 72009740
- The
complete travel guide to Cuba, 1979. LCCN 78019436.
- Cuba
: continuing crisis, 1979. LCCN 70139601
- Cuba
: its people, its society, its culture, 1962. LCCN 62013516
- Cuba
: the island country [filmstrip], 1973. LCCN 73734539
- Cuba
and the United States : long range perspectives, [1967].
LCCN 67021483
- Cuba
for beginners : an illustrated guide for Americans (and
their government), 1970. LCCN 70108717
- Cuba
in pictures, [1974]. LCCN 73083437
- Cuba
under Castro [motion picture], 1966.
- Cuba,
Castro, and the United States, [1971]. LCCN 72151505
- Cuba,
island of paradox, [1959]. LCCN 59012433
- Cubans
in exile : disaffection and the revolution, 1968. LCCN 68026777
- Cubans
in the United States [filmstrip], 1981.
- Fidel
: a biography of Fidel Castro, c1986. LCCN 86009039
- Fidel
Castro : rebel-liberator or dictator? 1959. LCCN 59010236
- Getting
to know Cuba, 1962. LCCN 627997
- Inside
Cuba today, 1978. LCCN 77015528
- The
land and people of Cuba, [1973]. LCCN 72011878
- Let's
visit Cuba, 1983.
- The
morning after : a French journalist's impressions of Cuba
under Castro, 1963. LCCN 63018531
- The
new Cuba : paradoxes and potentials, 1976. LCCN 75019266
- No
free lunch : food & revolution in Cuba today, c1984.
LCCN 84027855
- What
happened in Cuba? A documentary history, 1963. LCCN 62019464
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