[aisle] Weeding question

[Wagoner, Benjamin]

When looking at fiction books, our policy is if it hasn't been checked out
in the past 5 years it's weeded.

Ben

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:48 AM Taryn Parise via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I always look at it as I am not an archivist. My function is marketing
> reading in an age when there is so much else competing for kids' attention,
> so if I can't market it, and no one is "buying" it, I don't have room on my
> shelves for it.
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 9:33 AM Todd Freer via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I feel like they’re not circulating for a reason. I’d lean towards
>> removing them and replacing them with titles that are more in line with
>> their interests that are more likely to circulate. Just a thought….
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> *On Behalf Of *Barb
>> Miller via AISLE
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2020 9:08 AM
>> *To:* AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators
>> discussion list <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>> *Cc:* Barb Miller <bmiller at troy30c.org>
>> *Subject:* [aisle] Weeding question
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> I know there are many schools of thought on this...
>>
>>
>>
>> We will be weeding fiction based on circulation stats. There are titles
>> that have never left our shelves. Some of these are older award winners. Do
>> they stay because they have won an award or do we remove them as no one is
>> reading them?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Barb Miller
>>
>> Learning Resource Center Facilitator
>>
>> Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels
>> about education.”  **Harold Howe*
>>
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