Open AccessManaging a Large-Scale Weeding Project
Author(s) -
Leslie Engelson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
summary of proceedings/summary of proceedings. annual conference - american theological library association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2769-2027
pISSN - 0066-0868
DOI - 10.31046/proceedings.2018.87
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , workflow , quarter (canadian coin) , computer science , process (computing) , raising (metalworking) , state (computer science) , scale (ratio) , data collection , operations research , process management , operations management , engineering , world wide web , mathematics , database , geography , operating system , mechanical engineering , programming language , statistics , cartography , archaeology
The main circulating collection at Murray State University had never been thoughtfully and intentionally weeded. Several factors aligned raising the need for a thorough weed of the collection resulting in weeding over a quarter of the collection (over 100,000 volumes). Most of the volumes were pulled and processed over a 32-week period. This session will discuss the circumstances that made the time ripe for weeding, the criteria that informed the decision-making process, tools used in that process, workflow for accomplishing the physical processing, cross-library participation in the project, and things to consider when implementing a project of this magnitude.