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Weeding the reference collection: A review of the literature

Bernholz, Charles D.

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Title
Weeding the reference collection: A review of the literature
Author(s)
Bernholz, Charles D.
Issue Date
1997
Keyword(s)
  • Deselection of library materials
  • Reference sources
Abstract
Weeding is an important tool in the quest for optimized collection development, and this is especially true for the reference collection. The history of, and the success derived from, the implementation of this procedure over the last one hundred years have, in general, been reported in a less than optimum manner, and only since Slote's (1989) methods have been generally accepted have the true gains become evident. This discussion examines the recent work in the area of weeding, with particular regard to the concerns of reference collections.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Katharine Sharp Review ; no. 005, Summer, 1997
ISSN
1083-5261
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright 1997 is held by Charles D. Bernholz

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