Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-27-2024
Publication Title
2024 South Central Chapter / Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA) Annual Meeting, Dallas, October 25-29, 2024
Abstract
An institutional administrative decision to relocate an IT data center to the journal stacks resulted in the loss of one-third of our print serials. Working with space requirements, decisions were made regarding which titles to withdraw. Seizing on the opportunity and logistical arrangements for the disposal of the print volumes, we expanded our weeding project to monographs on an unaffected floor. This poster describes how an academic health sciences library withdrew over 30,000 items, shifted the entire print journal collection, and began to weed and shift the print book collection.
Recommended Citation
Bishop, Marlene M. and Bealer, Rebecca, "Not Even in Your Wildest Dreams: The Realities of a Forced Weeding Project" (2024). Library Faculty Posters and Presentations. 14.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/lib_pps/14
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Collection Development and Management Commons, Health Sciences and Medical Librarianship Commons