Trash or Cash?: Partnering with Online Booksellers to Dispose of Deselected Academic Library Monographs

Khailova, Ladislava

doi:10.1080/01639269.2014.904687

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“…There are a range of organizations at local, national, and global levels that accept discarded library books, if they meet certain criteria. Examples include Better World Books, Books for Africa, Book Aid, Thrift Books, Zubal Books, correctional facilities and more (Kailova, 2014). Metz and Gray (2005) wrote that the choices made by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute's library to donate much of their weeded material to various charities was an important part of the public relations element of their weeding project (2005).…”

Section: Donate Qualified Books To Charitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Managing Print-Based Weeding Projects in Academic Libraries

Lynd

2015

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"Weeding" is the process of removing information resources from a collection. As a public relations quagmire, it is one of the most challenging tasks that an information manager may face. With the rise of election resources, printbased weeding projects are on the rise. It is integral that information managers have the necessary skills to carry out this endeavour. This paper examines the best practices for managing a print-based weeding project in an academic library, based on recent literature and the author's work experience. A set of recommendations for choosing material to remove, developing workflows, managing public relations and finding solutions for discarded material are put forward. Managing Print-Based Weeding Projects in Academic LibrariesAbout the Author: Hilary is a forward-thinking Information Management (IM) professional, with boundary-spanning skill sets that blend the library field and information technology needs of tomorrow. Hilary earned her Bachelor of Arts Honours in History and English at the University in Toronto. She then went on to pursue a Master's of European History at the University College London. As a current Master of Library and Information Studies candidate and an employee of Dalhousie Libraries, Hilary looks to take the best IM practices from the past, and apply them to build a better future using cutting-edge IM techniques. This paper was originally written for INFO 6560: Information Resources Management.

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Section: Donate Qualified Books To Charitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Certain organizations offer to take care of this on behalf of libraries, by collecting and managing the sale of discarded library books. Libraries can receive a percentage of any sales made (for more details on this, see: Kailova, 2014).…”

Section: Sell the Books To Help Raise Funds For The Librarymentioning

confidence: 99%

Managing Print-Based Weeding Projects in Academic Libraries

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2015

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Trash or Cash?: Partnering with Online Booksellers to Dispose of Deselected Academic Library Monographs

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