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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">It sounds like you’ve gotten some good advice on weeding. Regarding your concern about your budget, you might also set up an Amazon wishlist with specific titles
you would like to add. My kids’ school did that, and then just put out an email to the entire school to ask for help buying books for the library. As a parent (but also with my librarian love for books), I loved getting to go through the list and make some
selections. There is a way you can set up a wishlist with the shipping address to the school and then anybody can just go in and buy them and they will be sent directly to the school.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Holly Polivka<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Youth Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tigard Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Eryn McKee<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 08, 2017 2:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Weeding Insights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello- I'm looking for some insights, suggestions, etc... on weeding my library collection. I've done fairly well with the fiction section but when it comes to the non-fiction and the reference section, I'm overwhelmed. This is my 17th
year here and in that time there has been some weeding done here and there, mostly at the end of the school year when I read the shelves but nothing consistent. Due to budget cuts at this point I am the only library staff. Our non-fiction and reference
are woefully outdated. A lot of the books are older than my high school students. If I went through and pulled everything that shouldn't still be on the shelves, I wouldn't be left with a whole lot! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have read the following books on weeding:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Less is More: A practical Guide to Weeding School Library Collections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf by Shelf Guild<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Both were very helpful but I just don't know where to start! I want to pull all these horribly outdated books off the shelf but I need to be able to update the collection as well but that is easier said than done. Books are not cheap
and my budget is only so much each year. I'm thinking maybe I could apply for a grant or ask my PSO for money to help buy more books. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts, insights, suggestions, would be greatly appreciated, especially if you have experience updating a really outdated collection. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks so much!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eryn <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy",serif">Eryn McKee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy",serif">Librarian -MLS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy",serif">(Classified)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy",serif">Tigard High School</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy",serif">Co-Vice President- OSEA Chapter 51</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy",serif"><a href="tel:%28503%29431-5451" target="_blank">(503)431-5451</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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