Category: Practical Librarian
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Not Goodbye, but See Ya Later
Hi everyone! You may have noticed that we’ve slowed down a bit on posting, approving comments, and, well, pretty much our whole end of the deal. We’d like to say we’re just too busy and important, but…we’re not. Behind the scenes, we’ve been actively downsizing and “sunsetting” this little dog…
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Diversity Collection Development
Thanksgiving represents the start of the holiday season. I particularly like working post Thanksgiving due to the large number of college students that show up telling me that their family is driving them crazy. There is also a high probability of pumpkin pie in the break room. Thanksgiving also makes…
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American Heritage
What do we have here? I’ll tell you what: approximately 70 years of bound American Heritage magazines. Each book is one year of issues. The last 20-ish years were individual monthly issues. These have been living in the reference collection at my library, gathering dust since who knows when. I’ve…
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A Flag on the Play
Washington Redskins NFL Up Close Smolka 2017 Since this is a bit more serious than just a discussion on a book, I am filing it under the Practical Librarian tab. This post is a bit longer than usual and illustrates one of the bigger philosophical aspects of collection development. I…
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Weeding in an Academic Library – a Case Study
A reader reached out and asked if they could share an anecdote about an interaction with a faculty member over their weeding process. We thought that was a great idea, and we welcome other case studies as well. Do you have a weeding story to share? Here are some ideas:…
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Are you proud of your collection?
One of the first questions I often ask audiences at library conferences when I speak is “are you proud of your library’s collection?” The follow up is, “What are you proud of?” The library’s collection exists to help the library meet its mission, whatever that may be. We don’t have…
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