| Why
Weed Russia?
Would
your students be confused if they checked out a book (or
watched an AV item) from your collection on Russia and then
went home to see on TV the Russian president riding in a
pick-up truck in Texas with the U.S. president? Times change.
National alliances change. Has your library media collection
kept up with those changes?
 Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
The 947s section will be your target for this topic. You
may also have some titles in the 914.7s (geography and travel
of Russia). As always, the AV collection should also be
checked for older titles and formats.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Russia,
the worldís largest country with a history spanning 10 centuries,
probably is not a large subject section in your media collection.
This makes it even more important to have accurate and up-to-date
information on this country that has seen dramatic national
changes in the past several years. These changes make even
history books obsolete if they are older than a 1990 publication
date, unless they are period specific or primary source
works. Keep the following Russian timeline dates in mind
when you review this section for currency and completeness...
| 1945-1980s |
'Cold
War' years |
| 1957 |
Sputnik
launch |
| 1962 |
Cuban
missile crisis |
| 1991 |
USSR
& state communism era ends
Russian Federation created
B. Yeltsin elected 1st president of Russia |
| 2000 |
V.
Putin elected current president. |
 This
is an ideal opportunity for you to collaborate with your
history teachers in weeding and updating a section ó but
be sure they understand that the purpose of a library media
collection is to have current information to support the
curriculum. If a team effort is not possible, or you need
a quick review of the country, look at the current World
Factbook from the CIA on the web (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html).
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- About
Russia. [1974]
- Along
the roads of the new Russia. [1968].
- America
and Russia, a century and a half of dramatic encounters,
1962.
- American
might and Soviet myth, 1960.
-
The arts and the Soviet child; the esthetic education of
children in USSR, [c1972]. Basic history of modern Russia;
political, cultural, and social trends, [1957].
- Children
of Russia, [1963].
- Church
and state in Russia, 1965.
- Class
and society in Soviet Russia, 1972.
- Come
along to Russia, [1967].
- Common
sense about Russia, 1961.
- Communism
today. [sound recording], [1973?].
- Comparative
political systems: three nations [kit] United States, United
Kingdom, U.S.S.R., 1977.
- Economic
growth in Japan and the USSR, [1969].
- Education
and modernization in the USSR, [1971].
- Encyclopedia
of Russia and the Soviet Union., 1961.
- Europe
and the U.S.S.R., c1960.
- Everyman's
concise encyclopaedia of Russia, [1961].
- The
family in Soviet Russia, 1968.
- The
fulcrum of Asia; relations among China, India, Pakistan,
and the USSR [1970].
- The
future of Russia, [1963].
- Geography
of the U.S.S.R.,[1964].
- Getting
to know the U.S.S.R, 1959.
- The
giants : Russia and America, c1977.
- History
of Russia, [1964].
- A
history of Russia: medieval, modern, and contemporary, [1974].
- How
people live in the U.S.S.R., [1969].
- How
Russia is ruled, 1953.
- How
the Soviet system works : cultural, psychological &
social themes, 1956.
- An
illustrated history of Russia, [1960].
- In
the shadow of Russia; Eastern Europe in the postwar world,
[1959].
- Inside
Russia [videorecording], 1980, c1941.
- Inside
Russia today, 1962.
- Inside
the U.S.S.R [filmstrip], c1977.
- The
Jews in Soviet Russia since 1917, 1970.
- Journey
across Russia : the Soviet Union today, c1977.
- Journey
across Russia : the Soviet Union today.[filmstrip], 1977.
- Justice
and the legal system in the U.S.S.R., [1968].
- Justice
in the U.S.S.R.; an interpretation of Soviet law, 1963.
- The
land and people of Russia, [1966]
- The
land beyond the mountains : Siberia and its people today,
1973.
- Let's
travel in the Soviet Union, 1965.
- Let's
visit Russia, 1968.
- Let's
visit the U.S.S.R., 1967.
- Life
in Russia today, 1969.
- The
making of modern Russia, [c1962].
- The
making of Russia; from prehistory to modern times, [1971,
c1969].
- Manipulated
science : The crisis of science and scientists in the Soviet
Union today, 1979.
- The
many faces of communism, [1962].
- Meet
Soviet Russia, book two : leaders, politics, problems.,
c1962.
- Meet
Soviet Russia. book one, land, people, sights, [1962].
- Modern
Russia, [1971].
- Modern
Soviet armor : combat vehicles of the USSR and Warsaw Pact
today, 1979.
- Moscow
is ready to host the 1980 Olympics, 1974.
- A
new Russia?, 1962.
- The
new worker in Soviet Russia, [1973].
- Only
in Russia, [1961].
- An
outline history of Russia, c1948.
- Outline
history of the U.S.S.R., 1960.
- Peace
with Russia?, 1959.
- A
picture history of Russia, c1968.
- Political
succession in the USSR, 1965.
- Politics
in the USSR; a country study, [1972].
- Religion
in Russia today, [1967].
- Religious
and anti-religious thought in Russia, [1968].
- Russia
: a concise history, c1955.
- Russia
: the people & the power, 1976.
- Russia
[filmstrip], c1973.
- Russia
after Khrushchev. [1965].
- Russia
and Communism [filmstrip], c1969.
- Russia
and her neighbors, 1968.
- Russia
and history's turning point, [1965].
- Russia
and the Soviet Union; a modern history, 1968].
- Russia
and the United States, 1979.
- Russia
at the dawn of the modern age, 1959.
- Russia
in pictures, [1971].
- Russia
in world history; selected essays, [c1970].
- Russia
re-examined: the land, the people, and how they live, [1964].
- Russia
since 1801 : the making of a new society, [1971].
- Russia,
[1965].
- Russia,
America, and the world, 1961.
- Russia,
the land and people of the Soviet Union, c1980.
- The
school and state in the USSR, [1967].
- School
for spies: the ABC of how Russia's secret service operates,
[1962].
- A
short history of Russia, [1956].
- A
short history of the USSR. Part I, 1963.
- A
short history of the USSR. Part II, 1965.
- Social
change in Soviet Russia, 1968.
- Socialism,
politics, and equality : hierarchy and change in Eastern
Europe and the USSR, 1979.
- The
Soviet family, 1963.
- The
Soviet regime; communism in practice, [1959].
- Soviet
Russia today : patterns and prospects, [1956].
- Soviet
Russia : history, culture, people, c1968.
- Soviet
School children. [videorecording], 1968.
- The
Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, [c1973].
- The
Soviet Union today : journey across Russia, 1977.
- The
Soviet Union: faces of today [videorecording, 1972.
- Sport
in the Soviet Union, [1964].
- Travel
guide to Russia, 1960.
- Twentieth
century Russia, [1964].
- Two
worlds of childhood : U.S. and U.S.S.R, 1970.
- The
U.S.S.R. after 50 years; promise and reality, [1967].
- The
U.S.S.R. and the Middle East, [1973].
- The
USSR today : facts and interpretations, 1978.
- USSR:
a concise history, [1965].
- USSR:
a new generation speaks. [filmstrip], 1975.
- We
the Russians : voices from Russia, [1971].
- Women
in Russia, 1977.
- Women
in the USSR, c1980.
- The
world and its peoples; Russia, 1964.
- Young
Russia; children of the USSR at work and play, [1960].
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