http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/12/06/question-tuesday-weeding/ A School Library Journal Blog Wed, 15 May 2013 20:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/12/06/question-tuesday-weeding/#comment-151911 Robin B. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:30:01 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/?p=8461#comment-151911 Susan, I think it's important to at least try to find a home for what we weed. Even if we just have it in our Friends booksale, I know someone who wants it will find it. We have a variety of places we donate our weeds to, so I can feel content that it'll go somewhere, but I also know how difficult it can be for some libraries to replace missing volumes, so I might as well offer mine up if they can find a home in another collection. :) Susan, I think it’s important to at least try to find a home for what we weed. Even if we just have it in our Friends booksale, I know someone who wants it will find it. We have a variety of places we donate our weeds to, so I can feel content that it’ll go somewhere, but I also know how difficult it can be for some libraries to replace missing volumes, so I might as well offer mine up if they can find a home in another collection.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2011/12/06/question-tuesday-weeding/#comment-146365 Susan Timmons Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:07:05 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/?p=8461#comment-146365 Your point #4 "weeding for random volumes" -- and your suggestion to donate your missing volumes to another library so that hopefully they will be able to have a complete set -- really struck a chord with me. I used to work in a Federal Depository and we had a special listserv dedicated just to posting titles we planned to weed so that other depository libraries could snap them up to replace their missing issues. Maybe we could expand on that idea? Perhaps post a list of your potential weeds to the GN-LIB listserv? Or offer them up at paperbackswap.com? Or at the very least see if www.betterworldbooks.com will take them. That's a great service that takes weeds from libraries (they even pay for the shipping) and resells them on Amazon, donating portions of the proceeds back to the library and other literary charities. Your point #4 “weeding for random volumes” — and your suggestion to donate your missing volumes to another library so that hopefully they will be able to have a complete set — really struck a chord with me. I used to work in a Federal Depository and we had a special listserv dedicated just to posting titles we planned to weed so that other depository libraries could snap them up to replace their missing issues. Maybe we could expand on that idea? Perhaps post a list of your potential weeds to the GN-LIB listserv? Or offer them up at paperbackswap.com? Or at the very least see if http://www.betterworldbooks.com will take them. That’s a great service that takes weeds from libraries (they even pay for the shipping) and resells them on Amazon, donating portions of the proceeds back to the library and other literary charities.

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