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Weed to achieve: a fundamental part of the public library mission?
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@MISC{Dilevko_weedto,
author = {Juris Dilevko and Lisa Gottlieb},
title = {Weed to achieve: a fundamental part of the public library mission?},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Weeding or deselection of materials has become an integral part of library management. Based on a nineteen-question survey about weeding practices in public libraries, this article discusses the personal perspectives of public librarians on weeding as well as the weeding practices of their institutions. The three most common criteria for weeding are circulation, physical condition, and accuracy of information. Librarians overwhelmingly believe that weeding increases use of books and patron satisfaction. In addition, the public library was framed as a venue that offers safe, clean, and fresh “product lines ” with various natural life cycles and expiry dates. This discursive formation raises questions about the extent to which public libraries and their collections are becoming commodified, homogenized, and ephemeral, and whether such ephemeralness and homogenization serve the interests
Keyphrases
public library public library mission fundamental part expiry date public librarian personal perspective patron satisfaction common criterion fresh product line nineteen-question survey integral part weeding practice discursive formation various natural life cycle library management physical condition increase use
