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Weed HIV/AIDS?
How many titles do you have on HIV/AIDS that were published
in the 1980s? That was the decade that brought us the disease
name for the first time (1981), personalized it with famous
names (Rock Hudson, 1985), and shocked us with the loss
of a near friend or neighbor. Unfortunately, many of the
books and AV materials we bought so long ago (20 plus years!)
are still on the shelves of our media centers. They contain
outdated information and may lead our students to think
of the disease as one of their parent's generation and not
theirs. Or students may watch the news and think that it
is just a problem in another part of the world. But it's
not something to ignore, over 5 million new HIV/AIDS cases
(and 3 million deaths) were reported in 2002. Update your
collection to reflect this threat.
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Check the 614.5s for materials on the spread and control
of HIV/AIDS as well as the 616.97s for specific information
on this immune system disease. For titles on living with
HIV/AIDS and services available to patients, look in the
362.1s and your biography section. It is very important
to update both your reference collection and the AV titles.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Currency
of information is critical in any discussion of treatment
and drug regimens for HIV/AIDS. Anything older than the
advances of the late 90s should not be kept, and even these
should convey the message that HIV/AIDS treatment is a rapidly
changing and developing field.
Prevention
of infection information has not changed that much over
the years, but the faces of those most likely infected today
has: from middle-class white males to today's women and
minority groups. Check the style of prevention information
to see that it is not dated and that any illustrations are
not misleading. Also be aware that while current infections
occur mainly in developing countries, many of our HIV babies
(from the peak of the birth-infection years of the late
80s and early 90s) are now teenagers and they (or their
friends) may be seeking out information from your collection.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- A
is for AIDS [videorecording], c1988.
- Addiction
& AIDS [videorecording, 1988.
- Advice
for life : a woman's guide to AIDS risks and prevention,
c1987. LCCN 87042540
- AIDS
: a guide for survival, 1987.
- AIDS,
a self-care manual, c1987. LCCN 87176628
- AIDS
: a worldwide dilemma [videorecording], 1987.
- AIDS
: acquired immune deficiency syndrome, c1983.
- AIDS
alert for youth [videorecording], 1988.
- AIDS
and drugs, 1988. LCCN 88050495
- AIDS
and the education of our children : a guide for parents
and teachers, 1987.
- AIDS
and the immune system [videorecording], 1983.
- AIDS
and the law : a guide for the public, 1987. LCCN 87050492
- AIDS
and the Third World, 1989. LCCN 89121552
- AIDS,
answers for everyone [videorecording], c1988.
- AIDS,
answers for young people [videorecording], 1987.
- AIDS,
can I get it? [videorecording], 1987.
- The
AIDS challenge : prevention education for young people,
1988. LCCN 88019509
- AIDS
: changing lifestyles [videorecording], c1988.
- The
AIDS cover-up? : the real and alarming facts about AIDS,
c1986. LCCN 86081935
- The
AIDS crisis : conflicting social values, c1987. LCCN 90187557
- AIDS
: distinguishing between fact and opinion, 1989. LCCN 89012006
- AIDS
: everything you must know about Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome, the killer epidemic of the 80's, 1983. LCCN 83062309
- The
AIDS file : what we need to know about AIDS now!, 1987.
LCCN 87070217
- The
AIDS movie [videorecording], 1986.
- AIDS
: myths and realities, 1985.
- AIDS
: nobody is immune [videorecording], c1988.
- AIDS
: opposing viewpoints, c1988. LCCN 87014834
- AIDS
: plague or panic?, c1988. LCCN 88006889
- AIDS
: principles, practices & politics, c1988. LCCN 87023656
- AIDS,
profile of an epidemic, update [videorecording] what everyone
should know, 1986.
- AIDS,
psychosocial factors in the acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,
c1985. LCCN 85020793
- AIDS
questions & answers for kids, 1987.
- AIDS
: suddenly sex has become very dangerous [videorecording],
1987.
- AIDS,
the deadly epidemic, 1987. LCCN 89192861
- AIDS
: the disease and what we know, 1986. LCCN 87707609
- AIDS
: the facts, c1988. LCCN 89068603
- AIDS
: the global impact [videorecording], c1988.
- AIDS
: the HIV myth, 1989. LCCN 88036238
- AIDS,
the medical mystery, 1983. LCCN 83048298
- AIDS
: the mystery and the solution, c1986. LCCN 86001210
- AIDS
: the nation's first politically protected disease, c1988.
- AIDS,
the spiritual dilemma, 1987. LCCN 86043006
- AIDS
: the women, c1988. LCCN 88028561
- AIDS
: trading fears for facts : a guide for teens, 1989. LCCN
89000459
- AIDS--what
are the risks? [filmstrip], 1986.
- AIDS,
what do we tell our children? [videorecording], 1987.
- AIDS
: what does it mean to you?, 1989. LCCN 89033614
- AIDS,
what every kid should know [videorecording], 1987.
- AIDS,
what everyone needs to know [videorecording], 1986.
- AIDS
[chart] : what you don't know can kill you, c1988.
- AIDS
: what you should know, c1988.
- Can
AIDS be stopped? [videorecording], c1986.
- Children,
adolescents & AIDS, c1989. LCCN 89004866
- Children
and the AIDS virus : a book for children, parents, &
teachers, c1989. LCCN 88039196
- Choices--learning
about AIDS [videorecording], c1987.
- Coping
with AIDS : facts and fears, 1987. LCCN 86015471
- The
dilemma of AIDS : the rights of the individual and the health
of society., 1987.
- Don't
get it [videorecording]: teenagers and AIDS, 1988.
- The
essential AIDS fact book : expanded and updated with new
information on treatment, c1989. LCCN89162515
- Everything
you need to know about AIDS, 1988. LCCN 88006579
- The
facts about AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases
: sexual decisions of responsible adults!, c1987. LCCN 87013208
- Fighting
back : what some people are doing about AIDS, 1988. LCCN
88014906
- Gay
men's health : a guide to the AID syndrome and other sexually
transmitted diseases, c1983. LCCN 82048669
- Gay
: what teenagers should know about homosexuality and the
AIDS crisis, 1987. LCCN 87023626.
- In
sickness and in health : a story of love in the shadow of
AIDS, c1989. LCCN 89015356
- Infection,
your immune system and AIDS, 1989.
- Know
about AIDS, 1987. LCCN 87017776
- Learning
about AIDS, c1989. LCCN 87024373
- Learning
by heart : AIDS and schoolchildren in America's communities,
c1989. LCCN 88029789
- Living
with AIDS : reaching out, 1987. LCCN 86071535
- Lynda
Madaras talks to teens about AIDS : an essential guide for
parents, teachers, and young people, 1988. LCCN 87031567
- Managing
AIDS in the workplace, c1988. LCCN 88010492
- Mobilizing
against AIDS : the unfinished story of a virus, 1986.
- Morning-glory
babies : children with AIDS and the celebration of life,
c1988. LCCN 88018216
- No
longer immune : a counselor's guide to AIDS, c1989. LCCN
89006518
- The
plague years : a chronicle of AIDS, the epidemic of our
times, c1986. LCCN 86006481
- Plain
words about AIDS, c1986.
- Preventing
AIDS : a practical guide for everyone, 1987. LCCN 87080634
- The
problem of AIDS, 1989. LCCN 89-050448
- Protection
against infection : the inside story of the immune system
and AIDS. [videorecording]., 1988.
- Questions
& answers on AIDS, c1987. LCCN 87011288
- Teaching
AIDS : a resource guide on acquired immune deficiency syndrome,
1986. LCCN 87147910
- The
truth about AIDS : evolution of an epidemic, 1985. LCCN
85017558
- Understanding
AIDS : a comprehensive guide, c1985. LCCN 84026233
- Understanding
AIDS [videorecording] : what teens need to know, 1988.
- Understanding
and preventing AIDS, c1988. LCCN 87014099
- What
is AIDS? [videorecording], 1988.
- What
to do about AIDS : physicians and mental health professionals
discuss the issues, c1986. LCCN 86016189
- When
someone you know has AIDS : a practical guide, c1987. LCCN
86029276
- When
someone you love has AIDS : a book of hope for family and
friends, c1986. LCCN 86200479
- You
can do something about AIDS, 1988. LCCN 88090577
- Young
people and AIDS [videorecording], 1989.
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