This two-part course will be held on Tuesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Students must attend both sessions.
“Weeding” in library circles is often a dirty word. Maybe you have experienced a backlash or resistance from the community, persistent patrons, your board, your staff, or even yourself. How we approach the task is as important as how we carry it out. Preparation, publicity, timing, mindset, and creating your strategy all figure in the first steps of deselection. Once you have created your plan for deselection what next? There are many ways to determine what goes and what stays. Make informed decisions without bias.
After this workshop participants will:
- understand how weeding fits into the larger scheme of collection management
- understand more fully the need for deselection of materials and the reasons for resistance to weeding
- understand the need for transparency and working with public relations in relation to weeding
- be able to create and implement sustainable practices for weeding in their library
- be able to assess materials and services in terms of deselection
- have new ideas of how to dispose of weeded materials and be more aware of tools to assist in the deselection process.
Presented by: Melissa Powell
Melissa Powell has worked for 35 years in libraries as a paraprofessional and degreed professional, in addition to a 4-year “retirement” to learn about the book & publishing industry. She is an Independent Librarian currently teaching Cataloging Fundamentals and Collection Management both online and through state libraries, library consortia, and other education agencies. She spent 2009 organizing a local history collection at a public library in the mountains of Colorado (“from boxes to shelves”), 2012-13 assisting with the setup and cataloging of a dual language university catalog, and regularly consults with school and public libraries on technical and public services.
Registration deadline: 03/03/2015
Staff from Florida libraries may register for this workshop at no charge. Priority will be given to SEFLIN members. Non-members will be placed on a waiting list and added as space permits after the registration deadline.
Non-Member Registration Form