1. Mary Baldwin University
Collection Evaluation and use of “Safe to weed” lists
Paula s. Kiser
Instruction and e-resources Librarian

2. Background Weeding project to review the entire collection
Last weeding project was over 5 years ago and didn’t cover the entire collection
Split the collection by subject area and department
Created timeline for the project (areas least likely to protest weeded first)
Began communicating with faculty members

3. Communication in departmental meetings creating a webpage
our weeding criteria
lists of books to weed
list of all books in that section
newsletter

4. Concerns Criteria used Not checked out since we automated 20 years ago
Not on the Core List of essential titles
Faculty still had concerns
may need older works for a future project
students may use the books and put them back
how accessible will those weeded items be from other schools?
Included the VIVA “Safe to Weed” List to our criteria

5. New Work Flow Create pull list Remove items from Core List
Check against “Safe to Weed” List
used ISBN
Students pull books from the collection
Another review by two librarians
Withdrawn remaining pulled items