| Why
Weed Libraries & Librarians?
Libraries
and librarians are supposed to be proficient in weeding,
but are they weeding titles on libraries and librarians?
You and your library media center may be modeling current
professionalism, but your collection titles on that topic
that could be giving a different impression.
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Check
your shelves from 025 (operations of libraries) through
028 (reading and use of other information media). Also look
at the 011s for any bibliographies that feature research
and reference techniques. There may be only one or two titles
in your reference collection, but definitely check the AV
area for titles outdated in both content and format. The
fiction section (and E's for lower grades) may also have
titles that are neither popular or accurate in portraying
libraries and librarians.
An
important area to check is your professional collection, probably
the home of many titles so old as to no longer be of use by
today's professionals.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
This
should be a very easy topic for you to weed since YOU are
the expert in what librarians do now and what a modern library
media center is like today. The hard part will be for you
to separate sentimentally from a view of libraries that
may have initially attracted you to the profession years
ago. Think of what today's students should know about libraries
and the profession, and remove older misleading titles from
your database.
 Methods
of library research have changed drastically in the past
decades. Outdated titles must be removed to effectively
teach information literacy. Developing the love of reading
is not served by having unattractive titles on using books
and libraries.
Replace
old formats (filmstrips) with new approaches (graphic novels)
and try to add titles that connect popular interest subjects
to libraries, books and reading.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- 1,
2, 3 for the library, 1974.
- 101
media center ideas, 1980.
- ABC's
of library promotion, 1980.
- Adventures
in library land [filmstrip], 1977.
- Adventures
on library shelves, [1968].
- American
library laws, 1973.
- American
library resources; a bibliographical guide, 1951.
- An
ample field; books and young people, 1950.
- Anglo-American
cataloging rules, 1967.
- Applying
the new copyright law : a guide for educators and librarians,
1979.
- At
the library, [1967].
- AV
cataloging and processing simplified, Inc., c1971.
- A
B C for the library, 1975.
- Basic
library skills, c1979.
- Basic
library skills [transparency, 1972.
- The
basics of librarianship, 1980.
- Behavioral
requirements analysis checklist : a compilation of competency-based
job functions and task statements for school library media
personnel, 1976.
- Behind
the scenes at the library, [1960].
- Book
bait; detailed notes on adult books popular with young people,
1969.
- Book
selection for school libraries, 1962.
- A
book to begin on libraries, 1964.
- Books
and more: library media center, 1974.
- Books
and the teenage reader : a guide for teachers, librarians,
and parents, c1980.
- Books
lead the way; library and reading skill-text, 1964.
- Books,
libraries and you; a handbook on the use of reference books
and the reference resources of the library, [1965].
- Building
ethnic collections : an annotated guide for school media
centers and public libraries, 1977.
- Careers
in a library, c1978.
- Cataloging
for library technical assistants, c1969.
- Cataloging
manual for nonbook materials in learning centers and school
libraries, [1967].
- Censorship
in schools and libraries [filmstrip]. 1978.
- Certification
model for professional school media, 1976.
- Challenging
careers in the library world, [1970].
- Choosing
an automated library system : a planning guide, 1980.
- Commonsense
cataloging; a manual for the organization of books and other
materials in school and small public libraries, 1965.
- Computer
systems in the library; a handbook for managers and designers
, [1973].
- Computers
for libraries, 1980.
 The
concise guide to library research, 1966.- Creating
a school library media, 1973.
- Developing
multi-media libraries , [1979].
- Dewey
decimal classification. [filmstrip, 1979.
- Discovering
books and libraries: a handbook for the upper elementary
and junior high school grades, 1966.
- Easy
bulletin boards for libraries [by] Linda H. Jones. Jones,
Linda H. Minneapolis : T. S. Denison, 1980.
- Effective
library exhibits; how to prepare and promote good displays,
1974.
- Elementary
school librarian's almanac : a complete media program for
every month of the school year, c1979.
- Elementary
school library [kit], 1977.
- The
Elementary school library collection; a guide to books and
other media, phases 1-2-3, 1972.
- The
elementary school library in action, [1968].
- Elementary
school media programs : an approach to individualizing instruction,
[c1970].
- Excellence
in school media programs, 1980.
- Finding
facts fast: how to find out what you want and need to know,
c1979.
- Getting
to know the library, 1976.
- GO,
PEP, and POP! : 250 tested ideas for lively libraries, c1976.
- Guide
to better bulletin boards: time and labor-saving ideas for
teachers and librarians, 1970.
- Guide
to reference books, 1967.
- Guide
to reference books for school media centers, 1973.
- Guide
to the use of books and libraries, 1979.
- Guide
to writing a research paper [filmstrip], 1979.
- A
guidebook for introducing library skills to kindergarten
& primary grades, 1970.
- Guidebook
for teaching Library skills. book one. using the card catalog,
1965.
- Guidebook
for teaching Library skills. book three. using reference
material, c1966.
- Guidebook
for teaching Library skills. book two. using the Dewey decimal
system, c1965.
- The
happy bookers : a playful history of librarians and their
world from the stone age to the distant future, c1976.
- Hooray
for the library [filmstrip, 1977.
- How
can I find out. [sound recording], p1973.
- How
can I find out?, 1963.
- How
reference resources help us, [1966].
- How
to do library research, [1975].
- How
to do research [kit], c1979.
- How
to find books. [filmstrip], 1978.
- How
to find what you want in the library, c1978.
- How
to organize and maintain the library picture /pamphlet file,
1968.
- How
to survive in school : using library resources and reference
materials [filmstrip], 1979.
- How
to use a library. [filmstrip], c1974.
- How
to use library media [filmstrip], c1977.
- How
to use reference materials, 1980.
- How
to use the library and media center [filmstrip], 1978.
- How
to use the library, 1966.
- I
know a librarian, [c1966].
- I
want to be a librarian, [1960].
- Instructional
design and the library media specialist, 1979.
- Interlibrary
loan procedure manual, 1970.
- International
guide to library, archival, and information science associations,
1976.
- Introduction
to cataloging and the classification of books, 1943.
- An
introduction to librarianship, [1967].
- Introduction
to library technical services, 1979.
- Junior
high school library catalog, 1980.
- Juniorplots
: a book talk maual for teachers and librarians, 1967.
- The
"Now" library media center; a stations approach
with teaching kit from kindergarten through high school,
c1973.
- Learning
the library [filmstrip], 1975.
- Let's
go to a library, 1957.
- Librarianship;
a guide to the profession, [1974].
- The
Library : what's in it for you? [filmstrip], 1975.
- The
library and information manager's guide to online services,
c1980.
- Library
binding manual; a handbook of useful procedures for the
maintenance of library volumes, 1972.
- Library
displays: their purpose, construction, and use, 1969.
- The
library in the school, 1947.
- Library
instruction guide; suggested courses for use by librarians
and teachers in junior and senior high schools, [1974].
- Library
instruction in the elementary school, 1971.
- Library
management, 1977.
- Library
media center [filmstrip], c1978.
- Library
resources; how to research and write a paper, [1971].
- Library
skills; a handbook for teachers and librarians,[1973].
- Library
skills; teaching library use through games and devices,
c1958.
- Library
staff development and continuing education : principles
and practices, 1978.
- The
Library--a place for discovery [videorecording], 1966.
- Managing
the modern school library, c1976.
- Meet
the card catalog [filmstrip], 1979.
- The
multimedia library : materials selection and use, 1978.
- Multitype
library cooperation, 1977.
- The
new copyright law : questions teachers & librarians
ask, c1977.
- The
new librarianship : a challenge for change, 1972.
- Patrick
visits the library, 1961.
- Periodicals
for school libraries: a guide to magazines, newspapers,
and periodical indexes, 1973.
- Planning
school library media facilities, 1970.
- The
principal's handbook on the school library media center,
1978.
- Quickwick
: your library guide--a young people's tour of the library
[filmstrip], 1972.
- Reading
and library bulletin boards, c1966.
- Reading
in American schools : a guide to information sources, c1980.
- Reference
collection. [filmstrip, 1976.
- The
Reference section [videorecording], c1980.
- Reference
tools and study skills [transparency], 1972.
- The
research paper; gathering library material, organizing and
preparing the manuscript, 1962.
- The
school library as part of the instructional system, [c1966].
- The
school library at work : acquisition, organization, use,
and maintenance of materials in the school library, 1959.
- School
library media center procedures, c1977.
- The
school library media center; a force for educational exellence,
1974.
- The
school library media program : instructional force for excellence,
1979.
- The
school library; facilities for independent study in the
secondary school, [1963].
- Senior
high school library catalog, 1977.
- So
you want to be a librarian, [c1963].
- Steps
to service : a handbook of procedures for the school library
media center, 1975.
- A
teacher's guide to the elementary school library,[1969].
- The
teacher's handbook on the school library media center, 1980.
- Teacher-librarian's
handbook, c1959.
- The
teachers' library; how to organize it and what to include,
1968.
- Teaching
for better use of libraries, 1970.
- Teaching
media skills : an instructional program for elementary and
middle school students, 1977.
- Using
periodicals in school library media centers : resources
and activities, c1980.
- Using
reference skills [sound recording], c1977.
- Using
the library, c1985.
- Using
the library [videorecording], 1980.
- Using
the library and media center, 1976.
- Using
the library : the card catalog, [1971].
- What
happens at the library, [1971].
- Your
future in library careers, 1976.
- Your
library and media center : how to get the most from them--parts
1 & 2 [videorecording], 1978.
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