Weeding is a professional task. It is a professional work pressures. Weeding objectives, decisions, criteria set should take place before the project starts. However other things should be considered such as:

Card catalog, online catalog, shelf lists, circulation records should be maintained.

Collection may be weeded by professionals only, using good judgement not rules.

In weeding, librarians should balance wide subject coverage and quality.

Weeding is a tool for circulation increase because those books that are least likely to be used in the future should be removed.

It helps accuracy in retrieval to be improved.

Weeding Objectives: Weeding in any library should be carried from time to time in accordance with the library and institutional objectives and goals. Objectives related to weeding:

Primary collection, core collection of book that would satisfy 95%-99% of the present demands made upon the entire present collection should be retained (kept).

Copies, early editions of yearbooks, early almanacs and directories are to be located in secondary storage areas.

Mechanisms of Weeding: Shelf reading should be done at least once a month in a correct…..order (to a user a misshelved book is equivalent to a lost book).

Inventory should take place before weeding signal is given.

Shelf list should be weeded too.

Public card catalog, and online catalog should be weeded after weeding operation is finished.

Circulation records should be established, maintained and identified all through weeding process.

Weeding Standards:

Regular replacement of worn out and outdated library materials.

Outdated books, superceded editions, incomplete volumes should be weeded besides broken files, superfluous duplicates. But it is very important to have the advice of faculty members.

Provisions should be made through an adequate budget for continuous replacement of lost titles, worn copies.

Systematic removal from collection discarded materials and withdrawals should be 5% of the total collection.

Core collection should be maintained.

Quality of resources should be maintained.

No weeding for special collection unless there are many duplicates.

Weeding Criteria:

1) Weeding based on appearance:

We should be very cautious, especially with regard to rare books, core collection

But if the book has a small faded print, underlined, missing pages, dirty and with broken binding then it should be discarded.

2) Weeding of superfluous or duplicate volumes:

Unneeded duplicate titles.

Duplicate except for date, or place, or print

Inexpensive reprints

Older editions

Superfluous books on subject of little interest to users.

Weeding based upon poor content: These books must be weeded.

Weeding based upon age alone: Weed these:

Fiction, best sellers: ten years

Books not up to the standard

Early volumes of serials that are incomplete

Specific classes of books that particularly lend themselves to weeding: Weed e.g. old grammar books, religion and philosophy student course and limits……..

Reference materials with specific classes of works with specific age for weeding: Weed:

Textbooks

Travel books

Economics after ten years

Engineering at least every five to ten years

Almanacs, yearbooks, manuals. Get last edition and keep last ten years.

Dictionaries – never weed

Biographical sources – never weed

Directories – after ten years, get the latest

Social sciences – every fifteen years

Geographies – keep only early and expensive works.

Weeding Criteria for periodicals and serials:

Periodicals not indexed – weed

Serials that have ceased publication and have no cumulative index – weed

Incomplete sets and irregularities.

Weeding criteria based upon use patterns:

Books not circulated in three to five years and have not been used as references

Books unused for five years that do not appear in a standard book list

Books not called for in University library in twenty years – weed.

Divergent opinions:

We should consider the divergent opinions especially in the area of the patterns in paragraph 8.

Keeping criteria: "Keeping: is the other side of the coin of weeding criteria. If we know what to keep, we can weed the rest.

Keep if it is listed in College and Research Libraries as core collection.

Keep if it is charged out within the past five years

Keep if it is in special collections

If a little has been frequently used during the past few years it should probably be kept.

 

Weeding Policy

Birzeit University Library

Weeding is a professional task. It is a professional work pressures. Weeding objectives, decisions, criteria set should take place before the project starts. However other things should be considered such as:

Card catalog, online catalog, shelf lists, circulation records should be maintained.

Collection may be weeded by professionals only, using good judgement not rules.

In weeding, librarians should balance wide subject coverage and quality.

Weeding is a tool for circulation increase because those books that are least likely to be used in the future should be removed.

It helps accuracy in retrieval to be improved.

Weeding Objectives: Weeding in any library should be carried from time to time in accordance with the library and institutional objectives and goals. Objectives related to weeding:

Primary collection, core collection of book that would satisfy 95%-99% of the present demands made upon the entire present collection should be retained (kept).

Copies, early editions of yearbooks, early almanacs and directories are to be located in secondary storage areas.

Mechanisms of Weeding: Shelf reading should be done at least once a month in a correct…..order (to a user a misshelved book is equivalent to a lost book).

Inventory should take place before weeding signal is given.

Shelf list should be weeded too.

Public card catalog, and online catalog should be weeded after weeding operation is finished.

Circulation records should be established, maintained and identified all through weeding process.

Weeding Standards:

Regular replacement of worn out and outdated library materials.

Outdated books, superceded editions, incomplete volumes should be weeded besides broken files, superfluous duplicates. But it is very important to have the advice of faculty members.

Provisions should be made through an adequate budget for continuous replacement of lost titles, worn copies.

Systematic removal from collection discarded materials and withdrawals should be 5% of the total collection.

Core collection should be maintained.

Quality of resources should be maintained.

No weeding for special collection unless there are many duplicates.

Weeding Criteria:

1) Weeding based on appearance:

We should be very cautious, especially with regard to rare books, core collection

But if the book has a small faded print, underlined, missing pages, dirty and with broken binding then it should be discarded.

2) Weeding of superfluous or duplicate volumes:

Unneeded duplicate titles.

Duplicate except for date, or place, or print

Inexpensive reprints

Older editions

Superfluous books on subject of little interest to users.

Weeding based upon poor content: These books must be weeded.

Weeding based upon age alone: Weed these:

Fiction, best sellers: ten years

Books not up to the standard

Early volumes of serials that are incomplete

Specific classes of books that particularly lend themselves to weeding: Weed e.g. old grammar books, religion and philosophy student course and limits……..

Reference materials with specific classes of works with specific age for weeding: Weed:

Textbooks

Travel books

Economics after ten years

Engineering at least every five to ten years

Almanacs, yearbooks, manuals. Get last edition and keep last ten years.

Dictionaries – never weed

Biographical sources – never weed

Directories – after ten years, get the latest

Social sciences – every fifteen years

Geographies – keep only early and expensive works.

Weeding Criteria for periodicals and serials:

Periodicals not indexed – weed

Serials that have ceased publication and have no cumulative index – weed

Incomplete sets and irregularities.

Weeding criteria based upon use patterns:

Books not circulated in three to five years and have not been used as references

Books unused for five years that do not appear in a standard book list

Books not called for in University library in twenty years – weed.

Divergent opinions:

We should consider the divergent opinions especially in the area of the patterns in paragraph 8.

Keeping criteria: "Keeping: is the other side of the coin of weeding criteria. If we know what to keep, we can weed the rest.

Keep if it is listed in College and Research Libraries as core collection.

Keep if it is charged out within the past five years

Keep if it is in special collections

If a little has been frequently used during the past few years it should probably be kept.

 

Weeding Policy

Birzeit University Library

Weeding is a professional task. It is a professional work pressures. Weeding objectives, decisions, criteria set should take place before the project starts. However other things should be considered such as:

Card catalog, online catalog, shelf lists, circulation records should be maintained.

Collection may be weeded by professionals only, using good judgement not rules.

In weeding, librarians should balance wide subject coverage and quality.

Weeding is a tool for circulation increase because those books that are least likely to be used in the future should be removed.

It helps accuracy in retrieval to be improved.

Weeding Objectives: Weeding in any library should be carried from time to time in accordance with the library and institutional objectives and goals. Objectives related to weeding:

Primary collection, core collection of book that would satisfy 95%-99% of the present demands made upon the entire present collection should be retained (kept).

Copies, early editions of yearbooks, early almanacs and directories are to be located in secondary storage areas.

Mechanisms of Weeding: Shelf reading should be done at least once a month in a correct…..order (to a user a misshelved book is equivalent to a lost book).

Inventory should take place before weeding signal is given.

Shelf list should be weeded too.

Public card catalog, and online catalog should be weeded after weeding operation is finished.

Circulation records should be established, maintained and identified all through weeding process.

Weeding Standards:

Regular replacement of worn out and outdated library materials.

Outdated books, superceded editions, incomplete volumes should be weeded besides broken files, superfluous duplicates. But it is very important to have the advice of faculty members.

Provisions should be made through an adequate budget for continuous replacement of lost titles, worn copies.

Systematic removal from collection discarded materials and withdrawals should be 5% of the total collection.

Core collection should be maintained.

Quality of resources should be maintained.

No weeding for special collection unless there are many duplicates.

Weeding Criteria:

1) Weeding based on appearance:

We should be very cautious, especially with regard to rare books, core collection

But if the book has a small faded print, underlined, missing pages, dirty and with broken binding then it should be discarded.

2) Weeding of superfluous or duplicate volumes:

Unneeded duplicate titles.

Duplicate except for date, or place, or print

Inexpensive reprints

Older editions

Superfluous books on subject of little interest to users.

Weeding based upon poor content: These books must be weeded.

Weeding based upon age alone: Weed these:

Fiction, best sellers: ten years

Books not up to the standard

Early volumes of serials that are incomplete

Specific classes of books that particularly lend themselves to weeding: Weed e.g. old grammar books, religion and philosophy student course and limits……..

Reference materials with specific classes of works with specific age for weeding: Weed:

Textbooks

Travel books

Economics after ten years

Engineering at least every five to ten years

Almanacs, yearbooks, manuals. Get last edition and keep last ten years.

Dictionaries – never weed

Biographical sources – never weed

Directories – after ten years, get the latest

Social sciences – every fifteen years

Geographies – keep only early and expensive works.

Weeding Criteria for periodicals and serials:

Periodicals not indexed – weed

Serials that have ceased publication and have no cumulative index – weed

Incomplete sets and irregularities.

Weeding criteria based upon use patterns:

Books not circulated in three to five years and have not been used as references

Books unused for five years that do not appear in a standard book list

Books not called for in University library in twenty years – weed.

Divergent opinions:

We should consider the divergent opinions especially in the area of the patterns in paragraph 8.

Keeping criteria: "Keeping: is the other side of the coin of weeding criteria. If we know what to keep, we can weed the rest.

Keep if it is listed in College and Research Libraries as core collection.

Keep if it is charged out within the past five years

Keep if it is in special collections

If a little has been frequently used during the past few years it should probably be kept.

 

Weeding Policy

Birzeit University Library

Weeding is a professional task. It is a professional work pressures. Weeding objectives, decisions, criteria set should take place before the project starts. However other things should be considered such as:

Card catalog, online catalog, shelf lists, circulation records should be maintained.

Collection may be weeded by professionals only, using good judgement not rules.

In weeding, librarians should balance wide subject coverage and quality.

Weeding is a tool for circulation increase because those books that are least likely to be used in the future should be removed.

It helps accuracy in retrieval to be improved.

Weeding Objectives: Weeding in any library should be carried from time to time in accordance with the library and institutional objectives and goals. Objectives related to weeding:

Primary collection, core collection of book that would satisfy 95%-99% of the present demands made upon the entire present collection should be retained (kept).

Copies, early editions of yearbooks, early almanacs and directories are to be located in secondary storage areas.

Mechanisms of Weeding: Shelf reading should be done at least once a month in a correct…..order (to a user a misshelved book is equivalent to a lost book).

Inventory should take place before weeding signal is given.

Shelf list should be weeded too.

Public card catalog, and online catalog should be weeded after weeding operation is finished.

Circulation records should be established, maintained and identified all through weeding process.

Weeding Standards:

Regular replacement of worn out and outdated library materials.

Outdated books, superceded editions, incomplete volumes should be weeded besides broken files, superfluous duplicates. But it is very important to have the advice of faculty members.

Provisions should be made through an adequate budget for continuous replacement of lost titles, worn copies.

Systematic removal from collection discarded materials and withdrawals should be 5% of the total collection.

Core collection should be maintained.

Quality of resources should be maintained.

No weeding for special collection unless there are many duplicates.

Weeding Criteria:

1) Weeding based on appearance:

• We should be very cautious, especially with regard to rare books, core collection
• But if the book has a small faded print, underlined, missing pages, dirty and with broken binding then it should be discarded.

2) Weeding of superfluous or duplicate volumes:

• Unneeded duplicate titles.
• Duplicate except for date, or place, or print
• Inexpensive reprints
• Older editions
• Superfluous books on subject of little interest to users.
• Weeding based upon poor content: These books must be weeded.
• Weeding based upon age alone: Weed these:
  • Fiction, best sellers: ten years
  • Books not up to the standard
  • Early volumes of serials that are incomplete
• Specific classes of books that particularly lend themselves to weeding: Weed e.g. old grammar books, religion and philosophy student course and limits……..
• Reference materials with specific classes of works with specific age for weeding: Weed:
  • Textbooks
  • Travel books
  • Economics after ten years
  • Engineering at least every five to ten years
  • Almanacs, yearbooks, manuals. Get last edition and keep last ten years.
  • Dictionaries – never weed
  • Biographical sources – never weed
  • Directories – after ten years, get the latest
  • Social sciences – every fifteen years
  • Geographies – keep only early and expensive works.
• Weeding Criteria for periodicals and serials:
  • Periodicals not indexed – weed
  • Serials that have ceased publication and have no cumulative index – weed
  • Incomplete sets and irregularities.
• Weeding criteria based upon use patterns:
  • Books not circulated in three to five years and have not been used as references
  • Books unused for five years that do not appear in a standard book list
  • Books not called for in University library in twenty years – weed.
• Divergent opinions:
  • We should consider the divergent opinions especially in the area of the patterns in paragraph 8.
• Keeping criteria: "Keeping: is the other side of the coin of weeding criteria. If we know what to keep, we can weed the rest.
  • Keep if it is listed in College and Research Libraries as core collection.
  • Keep if it is charged out within the past five years
  • Keep if it is in special collections
  • If a little has been frequently used during the past few years it should probably be kept.