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Posts Tagged ‘Collection Development

Dividing a collection when a school closes: 10 ideas

Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: May 28, 2011

Shrinking budgets and declining enrollments often lead to school closings.    Dividing the media center collection is one of the many tasks to carefully consider and plan.  The plan and process should be curriculum, collection management and student driven; it is not a matter of boxing up and shipping the thousands of dollars worth of instructional materials [...]

Weeding revisted

Posted by: Mary Alice Anderson on: February 5, 2011

Weeding is a popular topic among media specialist; it pops up often, just like the weeds in our gardens.    A student in one of the online classes I teach justified weeding perfectly. Taking out what WILL NOT get used is a great way to help ensure that what MIGHT get used is easier to find [...]


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