| Why
Weed Ecology?
 Everyone
recognizes ecology as one of the critical issues in the
world today, and yet sound ecological practices are not
a part of most of our everyday living habits. Students --
elementary through high school -- are more receptive to
the ecology message than any other age group. Don't let
your media collection dampen that enthusiasm.
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Most
of the titles on ecology will be found in the 570s -- in
fact, you will probably find more old titles (with old cataloging)
in the 574s instead of the more current 577s. There will
also be some titles scattered in the 300s, such as 304s
(human ecology), 333s (land and energy economics) and the
370s (specific to education). Remember to also check the
reference section and the audiovisual collection.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
A
lot of books published in the 1970s and 1980s are still
on the shelves of school library media centers. Their content
and message may still be somewhat accurate but the style
and presentation are surely dated. Any dire warnings issued
20 to 30 years ago may reach today's students as more of
a 'Chicken Little' message instead of a legitimate concern.
There
are also new ecology issues today (such as global warming)
that are not addressed in older publications. Replace your
old titles with current recommended publications that are
up-to-date in content and contemporary in presentation.
Audiovisual
collections must be carefully reviewed also as to format
as well as content and presentation. Viewing a filmstrip
could well put a negative slant on any topic area. Discard
(in an ecologically responsible manner, of course) any outdated
AV formats!
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- Americans
and environment : the controversy over ecology, 1971. LCCN
76160030
- The
Arthur Godfrey environmental reader, 1970. LCCN 77-018619
- Career
opportunities : ecology, conservation, and environmental
control, 1971.
- Change
in Alaska : people, petroleum, and politics, 1971. LCCN
75117734
- The
changing scene : an ecology story, 1975. LCCN 74018840
- Cities
fit to live in and how we can make it happen : recent articles
on the urban environment, 1971. LCCN 76158069
- City
and suburb : exploring an ecosystem, 1975. LCCN 75016161
- Compact
city; a plan for a livable urban environment, 1973. LCCN
73008679
- Conservation
through recycling : from pollutant to product [filmstrip],
1971.
- Dash
McTrash and the pollution solution [filmstrip] : learning
to care about ecology, c1972.
- Eco-catastrophes
- the risk we take with our environment [filmstrip], c1975.
- Ecology
: man's effects on his environment and its mechanisms, 1971.
LCCN 74-153860
- Ecology
: modern biology series, 1963. LCCN 63013116
- Ecology
: understanding the crisis [filmstrip], c1972.
- The
ecology controversy : opposing viewpoints, 1973.
- Energy:
here today, gone tomorrow [filmstrip], 1974.
- The
environment of America : present / future / past, 1971.
LCCN 78147097
- Guide
to films (16mm) about ecology, adaptation and pollution,
1971. LCCN 73148161
- The
land we live on; restoring our most valuable resource, 1971.
LCCN 68023871
- The
last days of mankind; ecological survival or extinction,
1971. LCCN 73139645
- Living
in cities : psychology and the urban environment, 1975.
LCCN 76361805
- Living
things in the city [filmstrip], c1968.
- Man
and the changing Earth [filmstrip], 1973.
- Our
polluted world : the price of progress [filmstrip], 1972.
- Planet
in peril : man and the biosphere today, 1972. LCCN 78179289
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