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Weed U.S. Presidents?
Many
students are most familiar with only three presidents: Washington,
Lincoln, and the current president.  Is
your media collection able to fill in the gaps? Or does
it stop with Johnson (1963-69), Nixon (1969-74), Ford (1974-77),
Carter (1977-81), Reagan (1981-89), Bush (1989-93), or Clinton
(1993-01)? Weed the outdated titles, replace with some of
the many new titles on the market today, and be ready for
Presidents’ Day in February!
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Start
in the 973s for the historical approach to the presidency
and presidents. Review the 300s for titles on the election
process (320s) and the office itself (352s). Be sure to
check your biography sections -- both collective and individual.
Finally, review the AV collection.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Any
title that implies it is a review of ALL presidents (or
first ladies) should be up-to-date. There are lots of new
titles out there to help you do this. Don’t keep any
thing of this nature on the shelf if it is older than five
years.
Titles
on individual presidents can be older if still considered
an accurate and impartial account -- history can change
the perception of presidents! But be especially wary of
titles published during the time of that president’s
term of office. It is better to have information from the
perspective of the completed term. You may not want or need
to have titles on every individual president. And you may
want to continue to build your collection on specific presidents
according to your school demand and the publication market.
As an example, there are many excellent new titles on Lincoln
available today.
Try
to apply the same rationale to titles on the vice presidency,
but be aware there are very few replacement titles on the
market today.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue : presidents and the people since 1929,
1963.
 America
and its presidents, 1970. LCCN 70075327- The
American heritage pictorial history of the presidents of
the United States, 1968. LCCN 68015858
- The
American presidency, 1960. LCCN 60-5436
- American
presidents and the presidency, 1972. LCCN 72000925
- America’s
first ladies 1865-present day, 1968. LCCN 68-031499
- An
album of the presidents, 1979. LCCN 79075723
- The
biggest job in the world : the American presidency, 1964.
LCCN 64022175
- The
book of presidents, 1972. LCCN 74164708
- A
book to begin on the White House, 1962. LCCN 6210354
- The
Carter family scrapbook : an intimate close-up of America’s
First Family, 1977. LCCN 77071247
- The
contemporary presidency, 1976.
- A
day in the life of President Johnson, 1967. LCCN 67012729
- The
degeneration of our presidential election; a history and
analysis of an American institution in trouble, 1968. LCCN
68013210
- Electing
a president, 1963. LCCN 63020489
- Facts
about the presidents, 1959. LCCN 59012483
- Famous
American presidents [filmstrip], 1978.
- The
first book of presidents, 1961. LCCN 61-3777
- The
first book of vice-presidents of the United States, 1977.
LCCN 77001454
- First
ladies, 1962.
- The
first ladies cook book; favorite recipes of all the presidents
of the United States, 1965. LCCN 65019167
- The
future of the American presidency, 1975. LCCN 74026177
- Hail
to the chief! The inauguration days of our presidents, 1965.
LCCN 65015941
- A
history of presidential elections, 1964. LCCN 64017369
- Homes
of the American Presidents, 1962.
- How
we choose a president : the election year, 1972. LCCN 72182980
- "If
elected..." Unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency,
1796-1968, 1972. ISBN 72001304
- The
look-it-up book of presidents, 1968. LCCN 68023656
- The
mass media election : how Americans choose their president,
1980. LCCN 80015986
- Meet
the presidents, 1965. LCCN 65-25483
- The
mothers of American presidents, 1968. LCCN 68023843
- Ordeal
of power : the president and the presidency [videorecording].
LCCN 81706674
- Our
seven greatest presidents, 1964. LCCN 64004868
- Pictorial
history of American presidents, 1964. LCCN 64021452
- Picture
book of the presidents, 1961. LCCN 61015900
- The
power of the modern presidency, 1974. LCCN 74009939
- The
presidency today, 1956. LCCN 56007840
- The
Presidents : from the inauguration of George Washington
to the inauguration of Jimmy Carter : historic places commemorating
the Chief Executives of the United States, 1977. LCCN77608061
- Scandals
in the highest office : facts and fictions in the private
lives of our presidents, 1973. LCCN 73005022
- The
second man : the changing role of the vice presidency, 1968.
LCCN 67019765
- Significant
American presidents of the United States, 1976.
- They
lived in the White House, 1961.
- The
vice-presidents of the United States, 1977.
- We
elect a president, 1968. LCCN 68027034
- What
the President of the United States does, 1974. LCCN 74005067
- The
White House : a history of the presidents, 1972.
- The
White House and its thirty-two families, 1958. LCCN 58013008
- The
White House in picture and story, 1953. LCCN 53006172
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