TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vnuk,Rebecca
TI  - The weeding handbook: a shelf-by-shelf guide 
SN  - 9780838937174
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - ALA Editions
KW  - Discarding of books, periodicals, etc
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Collection development (Libraries)
KW  - United States
KW  - Policy statements
KW  - Public libraries
KW  - Collection development
KW  - Handbooks and manuals
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 -- Diversity and inclusion -- The importance of a collection development plan -- Suggested reading -- Appendix: Annotated sample collection development plans
N2  - "Filled with field-tested strategies and adaptable collection development policies, this updated handbook will enable libraries to bloom by maintaining a collection that users actually use"--
ER  -