Tag: Collection Development

48 The Future of Our Biography Sections

Tune in to hear great strategies and suggestions on how to renew interest in this often underappreciated corner of our collection.

 

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you’ve heard today.  

Awful Library Books

NYT’s Telling Trump’s Story to Children

Tara Thomas on Social Media

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34 EXTREME Weeding

Are some areas of your collection protected from weeding?  What about the classics, award winners and even your reference section?  Tune in to find out why your collection benefits from EXTREME weeding.

I would like to thank composer Nazar Rybak at Hooksounds.com for the music you’ve heard today.  

100% Book Return Awards

NYC School Library Guidebook: Weeding

But it was an award winner!

A Passion for Weeding

Winning at Weeding

Seven Answers to Seven Questions

Episode 354: Weeding is Fundamental/Packhorse Librarians

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18 Give Them What They Want

How do you strike a balance in purchasing for your collection? What do you do to insure your students’ choices are included and to what extent does crude humor find its way onto your shelves?  Take a listen and decide for yourself.

Colby Sharp’s newsletter and video

Intellectual Freedom Blog: Librarians Beware: Self-Censorship

The Booklist Reader: Whats’s with the Underwear in Picture Books?

Children’s Book Review: 7 Underwear Books for Kids

NYT: Beyond Battles, Boogers and Pranks

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