| Why
Weed Vocational Trades?
 Graduation
time is life decision time for many high school students.
Non-college bound students face even more of a life adjustment
than those students continuing the formal classroom route.
Accurate and current information on vocational trades (both
career and "how-to" books) is very important for young people
making life work decisions. Job outlooks, work environment,
and training in all the trades have changed dramatically
over the years. Has your collection kept pace?
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Vocational
trade materials will be found throughout the 600's, but
there will also be titles scattered in the non-fiction area
with the specific subjects. Your fiction collection could
also have titles that should be removed. In addition, check
your audiovisual collection and any materials in vertical
files or career collections.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Specific
criteria includes currency, accuracy, bias, and physical
appearance. Currency is a prime consideration. Misleading
a student into a dead-end career is a serious mistake! You
can't predict the future, but you should have the most current
information available. For example, do you have titles on
travel agents that do not consider the impact of the Internet
on these careers? You can't depend on publication date alone
to judge currency, especially on titles released as new
editions but still containing dated information or photographs.
Accuracy is difficult to judge but just as important. If
you are not sure of projections of work conditions, wages,
etc. in certain vocations, find someone who can help you
make those evaluations.  Bias
in the presentation is also a consideration. Do you have
titles on car repair that only show men in the illustrations?
Do the titles on nursing only show women at work? Younger
readers especially need visual cues to build accurate expectations
for the world of work. Finally, physical appearance still
counts with readers. Discard or replace titles that are
in poor physical condition or unattractive in format.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- Advanced
modern food and beverage service, c1977. LCCN 76042250
- Agricultural,
forestry, and oceanographic technicians, 1969. LCCN 79092022
- Aim
for a job as an electronic technician, 1978. LCCN 77018532
- Aim
for a job in automotive service, [1968]. LCCN 68011891
- Aim
for a job in the iron and steel industry, 1967. LCCN 67012977
- The
allied health professional and the patient : techniques
of effective interaction, 1973. LCCN 72090725
- Alteration
of men's clothing, [1962], LCCN 62011188
- Architectural
and building trades dictionary, 1950. LCCN 50008147
- The
art and science of manicuring, c1960.
- Audels
new mechanical dictionary : for technical trades containing
11,000 definitions of commonly used terms in mechanical
trades, physics, chemistry, electricity, etc., [c1962].
LCCN 62051109
- Automotive
service business : operation and management, [1973]. LCCN
72000666
- Basic
fingerwaving [motion picture], 1969.
- Basic
psychiatric concepts in nursing, 1967. LCCN 67017435
- Behind
the scenes at an oil field, 1959. LCCN 59013638
- Blueprint
reading : interpretation of architectural working drawings,
1961. LCCN 61007819
- Blueprint
reading and sketching; electrical trades--industrial, 1959.
LCCN 59009790
- Blueprint
reading for home builders, 1955. LCCN 54009693
- Bright
future careers with computers, 1969. LCCN 76097962
- Building
trades, 1970. LCCN 71121880
- Careers
in a fire department, c1977. LCCN 77008151
- Careers
in trucking, 1979. LCCN 79018675
- Clinical
nurse specialist, 1970. LCCN 74140935
- Communications
dictionary; a compilation of the terms used in electronic
communications and data processing, [c1962]. LCCN 62013397
- Construction
: industry and careers, 1977. LCCN77003051
- Controlling
and analyzing costs in food service operations, [1974].
LCCN 73020156
- Dictionary
of technical terms, containing definitions of commonly used
expressions in aeronautics, architecture, woodworking and
building trades, electrical and metalworking trades, printing,
chemistry, plastics, etc., 1964. LCCN 64022619
- Dishwashing
procedures, 1975. LCCN 74013700
- Dressmaking
techniques for trade students, 1970. LCCN 71025481
- Estimating
for the building trades, 1965. LCCN 65026829
- Experience
programs for learning vocations in agriculture, 1970. LCCN
69019950
- Exploring
careers in hospitality & food service, 1975. LCCN 75018678
- Fashion
buying and merchandising, 1976. LCCN 76013571
- Food
and beverage cost planning and control procedures, 1976.
LCCN 77351650
- Food
safety and sanitation, c1979. LCCN 78023197
- Foodservice
for the extended care facility, [1973]. LCCN 72075295
- A
guide for teachers of nurses, 1975. LCCN 76675800
- Hair
press set and combout [motion picture], 1971.
- History
and trends of practical nursing, 1966. LCCN 66015976
- Mosby's
comprehensive review of nursing, 1973. LCCN 73001291
- Newton's
geriatric nursing, 1971. LCCN 75146225
- Nursing
care of the cancer patient, 1972. LCCN 72079787
- Park
ranger; equipment, training, and work of the national park
rangers, 1971. LCCN 71150276
- Psychiatric
nursing, 1968. LCCN 68027043
- Steel
designers' manual, 1956. LCCN 55027060
- Your
future in automotive service, 1968. LCCN 76114140
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