Weeding the 900's

I was able to recently weed a good portion of the 900s. This was an amazing experience! The SLMS told me that she annually weeds titles that are damaged, but hasn't weeded the nonfiction section in quite a while. This was very evident in the copyright dates of some of the titles. I discovered a few that were published in 1982-1983!

I came to learn how painful the weeding process can be. This is especially true due to the fact that the funding to replaces these materials is virtually nonexistent (aside from SPLOST and book fair). I reached the books on Mexico and only 2-3 of the titles were less than 10 years old. The SLMS encouraged me to only weed a few of the oldest titles and that she would make a note to acquire more titles in this specific area, among other topics. This was an interesting situation because many of our students are Mexican and the circulation of these books was excessive, particularly during National Hispanic Heritage Month. There were many other topic areas, like Native Americans, that I knew were specific to the Georgia Performance Standards for multiple grades.

I was able to gain valuable experience in how subjective the weeding process can be. However, I weeded approximately 46 titles. I would like to find time to continue this with another portion of the nonfiction resources.