TY - BOOK AU - Vnuk,Rebecca TI - The weeding handbook: a shelf-by-shelf guide SN - 9780838913277 U1 - 025.216 PY - 2015/// CY - Chicago PB - ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association KW - Discarding of books, periodicals, etc KW - Collection development (Libraries) KW - United States KW - Policy statements KW - Public libraries KW - Collection development N1 - The basics -- Shelf by shelf, 000, 100, 200 -- Shelf-by-shelf, 300s -- Shelf by shelf, 400s and 500s -- Shelf by shelf, 600s -- Shelf by shelf, 700s -- Shelf by shelf, 800s and fiction -- Shelf by shelf, 900s and biography -- Other areas of the collection -- Special considerations for youth collections -- Weeding gone wrong -- The importance of a collection development plan -- Appendix : annotated sample collection development plans ER -