A major review of the reference collection in Bowling Green State University\u27s Jerome Library was made necessary by the decision to incorporate the materials from the reference collection in the science library. The process of planning and implementing this collection review is described, emphasizing how this process has been affected by changes in technology and the demands made by library users. Suggestions that may help ensure a successful review are included
College students today flock to Wikipedia in droves, while at the same time academic libraries conti...
Level of use is a key factor in print reference collection development, but often this is determined...
Weeding is the removal and disposal of materials from a library’s collection that meet criteria set ...
Weeding is an important tool in the quest for optimized collection development, and this is especial...
Poster presentation at KLA/MPLA Joint Conference 2009, Wichita, KS, April 2, 2009An extensive review...
An up-to-date, well-managed reference collection is essential to the provision of quality reference ...
In the last five years the Engineering & Physical Sciences Library underwent a major staff shortage ...
Find out how one University Library undertook a reference-weeding project to pare three reference co...
College students today flock to Wikipedia in droves, while at the same time academic libraries conti...
The weeding process used at Nyack College’s Bailey Library involves a year-round, piecemeal approach...
Ready reference collections were originally formed, and still exist, because they perform a valuable...
The reference collection at the University of Malaya Library was reviewed intensely for the first ti...
Adrienne Radzvickas, Technical Services Librarian, Lincoln College Constance Lee, Branch Library Dir...
Print reference sources and references desks are still vital parts of reference service in some libr...
ManuscriptSUMMARY. Reference works were present in the earliest libraries; and their numbers have gr...
College students today flock to Wikipedia in droves, while at the same time academic libraries conti...
Level of use is a key factor in print reference collection development, but often this is determined...
Weeding is the removal and disposal of materials from a library’s collection that meet criteria set ...
Weeding is an important tool in the quest for optimized collection development, and this is especial...
Poster presentation at KLA/MPLA Joint Conference 2009, Wichita, KS, April 2, 2009An extensive review...
An up-to-date, well-managed reference collection is essential to the provision of quality reference ...
In the last five years the Engineering & Physical Sciences Library underwent a major staff shortage ...
Find out how one University Library undertook a reference-weeding project to pare three reference co...
College students today flock to Wikipedia in droves, while at the same time academic libraries conti...
The weeding process used at Nyack College’s Bailey Library involves a year-round, piecemeal approach...
Ready reference collections were originally formed, and still exist, because they perform a valuable...
The reference collection at the University of Malaya Library was reviewed intensely for the first ti...
Adrienne Radzvickas, Technical Services Librarian, Lincoln College Constance Lee, Branch Library Dir...
Print reference sources and references desks are still vital parts of reference service in some libr...
ManuscriptSUMMARY. Reference works were present in the earliest libraries; and their numbers have gr...
College students today flock to Wikipedia in droves, while at the same time academic libraries conti...
Level of use is a key factor in print reference collection development, but often this is determined...
Weeding is the removal and disposal of materials from a library’s collection that meet criteria set ...