Practical advice for weeding in small academic libraries
ISSN: 0160-4953
Article publication date: 10 July 2007
Issue publication date: 10 July 2007
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present information on how to organize and carry out a weeding project in an academic library.
Design/methodology/approach
Describes how the weeding project was organized and its various phases.
Findings
Argues that weeding is appropriate in small, academic non‐research libraries and discusses a methodology for approaching it.
Originality/value
Provides the academic librarian with a road map as to how to handle a weeding project.
Keywords
Citation
Handis, M.W. (2007), "Practical advice for weeding in small academic libraries", Collection Building, Vol. 26 No. 3, pp. 84-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950710761643
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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