Weeding

The July/August SAMMIE newsletter had a great review (p.2) of a very helpful resource:
CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries

Weeding can be a daunting task, but this book provides a LOT of very practical guidance that will help you through the process, such as specific strategies for weeding children's or AV collections, how to dispose of weeded materials, and an epilogue encouraging the hesitant weeder. It is aimed at public libraries, but would be useful to others as well.

As noted in the SAMMIE review, the Texas Library and Archives Commission has generously made the book available online through a Creative Commons license. Go here to access it:
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/index.html

And if you're an OCLC member, whenever you withdraw an item, please remember to delete your holdings from OCLC. ILL staff everywhere will thank you!