| Why
Weed Earthquakes & Volcanoes?
 Earthquakes
and volcanoes have been in the news recently with renewed
interest due to the devastating tsunami resulting from the
Indonesia earthquake in December 2004. Statistically, earthquakes
and volcanoes have not increased over the years, but media
coverage and public attention has been on the increase.
Take advantage of this new interest and refresh your collection
in this area.
Suggested
Dewey Numbers to Check:
Titles
on earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunami activity are shelved
near each other: 551.21 (Volcanoes), 551.22 (Earthquakes),
and 551.46 (Hydrosphere and Submarine Geology) for waves
and tsunamis (moved from earlier classification of 551.47).
Review your AV and reference collections also.
Specific
Criteria for Weeding:
Major
worldwide earthquakes and volcanoes that have been in the
news should be included in titles on this topic in your
collection. Check the timeline (if available) in a book
to see the year it “stops.” Nationally, Mount
St. Helens in Washington State continues to be in the news
since its eruption in 1980. Alaska and California contain
some of the most seismically active regions in the world.
(Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, and Wisconsin are the least
seismically active states in the US!) Replace older book
and AV titles with new ones that have updated timelines,
events and predictions.
The
scientific knowledge behind these geological events continues
to improve and provide more detailed data on the occurrences
and the damage. Also, methods used to predict and provide
warnings for both earthquakes and volcanoes have improved
in recent years. Older titles won't have this information.
Consider
Weeding Titles Like These:
- About
earthquakes, 1957.
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All about volcanoes and earthquakes, 1953.
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The Bobbsey twins in volcano land, 1961.
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Causes of catastrophe: earthquakes, volcanoes, tidal waves
and hurricanes, 1948.
-
 Chains
of fire: the story of volcanoes, 1966.
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A child's book of mountains and volcanoes, 1954.
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The circle of fire: the great chain of volcanoes and earth
faults, 1968.
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Earthquakes: a natural history, 1974.
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Earthquakes: a primer, 1978.
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Earthquakes: new scientific ideas about how and why the
earth shakes, 1972.
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Earthquakes and moving continents [filmstrip], 1978.
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The first book of volcanoes & earthquakes, 1972.
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The making of the earth: volcanoes and continental drift,
1974.
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Mountains of fire: an introduction to the science of volcanoes,
1962.
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Mt. St. Helens: a volcano erupts [filmstrip], 1980.
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Natural disasters and what to do [filmstrip], 1976.
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Our dynamic planet [filmstrip], 1978.
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Science book of volcanoes, 1969.
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Volcanoes in action: science and legend, 1962.
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Volcanoes in history, in theory, in eruption, 1962.
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Volcanoes: new and old, 1946.
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We are the earthquake generation: where and when the catastrophes
will strike, 1979.
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What happens when volcanoes erupt?, 1945.
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Why the earth quakes, 1969.
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Will California fall into the sea?, 1972.
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Wonders of nature [filmstrip], 1970.
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