weed 'em and weep: hoarding is not collection development
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Reap the benefits of a well-weeded collection! This session will discuss weeding techniques, collection management policies, and how to motivate reluctant weeders—all with sense of humor and encouragement from the pair behind the blog “Awful Library Books.” Participants will find joy in a shelf list that reflects a clean, relevant, and current collection!TRANSCRIPT
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Weed ‘Em and Weep!
Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly
awfullibrarybooks.net
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Does your collection
help meet your mission?
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Are you proud of your
collection?
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@awfullibbooks
@hhibner@librarymary40
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Please weed the first one…
2nd Edition Now
Available!
Street Cred
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Management = control and attentionDevelopment = growth
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A good library is like a good haircut. It’s not what you cut – it’s what you leave.
Anne Felix, Grand Prairie (TX) Public Library Systemhttp://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/crewmethod08.pdf
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Libraries are not in the business of collecting “things,” but providing content and access to
content.
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…But the public doesn’t “get” it
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Reuse: Craft Programs
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…But it’s
historical
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…But it’s in
good shape
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…But we won’t have anything left
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…But I don’t have time
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Weeding Personalities
• The Hoarder• The Randomizer• The Professor• The Snob
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Weeding Made Easy
Step 1: Duplicates
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Weeding Made Easy
Step 2: Conditio
n
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Weeding Made Easy
Step 3: Stupid
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Weeding Made Easy
Step 4: Reports
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Weeding Made Easy
Step 5: Shift & Inventory
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Don’t be sentimental
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Everything is Connected
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Keep
or
Weed
?500 Tasty Sandwich RecipesBerolzheimer, ed.1951
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Keep
or
Weed
?How to Live in Your Van and Love ItPoteet1976
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Keep
or
Weed
?Your Power as a WomanArcher1957
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Keep
or
Weed
?Hotline: The Letters I Get…and Write!Reynolds1972
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Keep
or
Weed
?The Computer from A to ZKalman1999
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Keep
or
Weed
?The Complete Hair BookKingsley1979
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Keep
or
Weed
?Love in SuburbiaConway1964
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Keep
or
Weed
?Serve it Cold!Crosby & Bateman1969
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Keep
or
Weed
?Fashion CatsIwasa2011
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Keep
or
Weed
?RobotsGreene1983
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Keep
or
Weed
?Bowling for WomenAudsley1964
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Keep
or
Weed
?Don’t Throw It Away!Abell1973
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Holly Hibner and Mary [email protected]
Twitter: @awfullibbookswww.slideshare.net/awfullibrarybooks
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Contact Us!
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Image CreditsSlide 2: Reels https://www.flickr.com/photos/enerva/ creative commonsSlide 3: Proud to Be Awesome https://www.flickr.com/photos/evilerin/3152173431 creative commonsSlide 4: We Can Do It https://www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/5521102662 creative commonsSlide 5: Hibner, H and Kelly, M. (2013) Making a Collection Count, Oxford: Chandos.Slide 6: Twitter https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldh/ creative commonsSlide 12: Collection Life Cycle. Hibner, H and Kelly, M. (2013) Making a Collection Count, Oxford: Chandos.Slide 13: Botanic Gardens https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/ creative commonsSlide 14: Cut https://www.flickr.com/photos/skyfire/ creative commonsSlide 15: Archives’ Stacks https://www.flickr.com/photos/dolescum/3567689465 creative commonsSlide 16: Confused https://www.flickr.com/photos/83633410@N07/ creative commonsSlide 17: Pinterest.com “crafts from old books”Slide 21: 75 Level 1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/loughboroughuniversitylibrary/ creative commonsSlide 22: Watch http://pixabay.com/en/clock-time-stopwatch-wrist-watch-95330/ creative commonsSlide 23: Canadian Hoarders by Bart Slyp and Andy Camp www.greatcanadianjokebook.comSlide 24: Photo taken by Holly Hibner. Creative commonsSlide 25: Photo taken by Holly Hibner. Creative commonsSlide 27: Mathematics https://www.flickr.com/photos/t_e_brown/8677750589 creative commonsSlide 28: Inventory. Microsoft Clip Art http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/back-to-school-with-office-clip-art-and-media-HA010237914.aspxSlide 29: Baby Crying http://prettymomguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/baby-crying2.jpg Slide 30: Chain http://assets.antiguaobserver.com/2012/05/CHAIN-LINKS-2.jpg Labeled for reuse