Western Massachusetts Regional Library System - Libraries - Cooperating - Communicating - Sharing
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Weeding the Library Collection:

GUIDELINES

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CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries
  Revised and Updated by Jeanette Larson, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 2008
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Heinemann Raintree Weed of the Month
Replaces the discontinued SUNLINK Weed of the Month program
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SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club
Monthly guidelines for weeding by subject area. September 1997 through December 2005.
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Weeding With the CREW Method
  copyright 2008 Belinda Boon, MLIS, PhD
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Weeding Your Library
  Compiled by Perma-Bound with information from the California Department of Education, the Texas State Library CREW Method, and the Arizona Sate Library Collection Development Training Program.

RECYCLING WEEDED MATERIALS

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Got Books?
  Tagline for Got Books? is "Don't Throw Them Out, We'll Pick Them Up! Schedule a Free Pick Up Today!"
Massachusetts Drop-Off Locations | Schedule a Free Pick Up

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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Weeding Library Collections: A Selected Annotated Bibliography for Library Collection Evaluation
Developed by the American Library Association
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Weeding in Libraries
  A webography maintained by Nancy I. Glick, Havana Public Library District, Illinois

LIBRARY CONTINUING EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS

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WEED IT! For an Attractive and Useful Collection
  by Karen Klopfer, formerly at Western Massachusetts Regional Library System
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Weeding the Collection

Online tutorial developed by the Idaho State Library
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