Grafton Library Collection Review Project
The following lists of items are under consideration for withdrawal. Faculty are encouraged to review the lists and contact the library with recommendations for retention by the stated deadline. The books under consideration are currently shelved in the library office on the main floor if you wish to browse them.
Books under consideration for withdrawal
Deadline for Review : December 11, 2009
- Reference Section A-D: General Works; Psychology, Philosophy & Religion; Auxiliary Sciences of History; and World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
- Reference Section E-H: History of the Americas; Geography, Anthropology & Recreation; and Social Sciences
- Reference Section J-N: Political Science; Law; Education; Music; and Fine Arts
- Reference Section P-T: Language and Literature; Science; Medicine; Agriculture; and Technology
- Reference Section U-Z: Military Science; Naval Science; and Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General)
Current Reference collection (lists include books we intend to keep):
- Reference Section A-D: General Works; Psychology, Philosophy & Religion; Auxiliary Sciences of History; and World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
- Reference Section E-H: History of the Americas; Geography, Anthropology & Recreation; and Social Sciences
- Reference Section J-N: Political Science; Law; Education; Music; and Fine Arts
- Reference Section P-T: Language and Literature; Science; Medicine; Agriculture; and Technology
- Reference Section U-Z: Military Science; Naval Science; and Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General
Please Contact: Carol Creager (x7310)
Description of Collection Review Project
Grafton Library Collection Policy
Over the course of the 2009-2010 academic year, the librarians at Grafton will be conducting a systematic collection review. Criteria used to determine the suitability of deselecting reference materials from the library collection:
- Significance/Comprehensiveness of the publication.
- Age and currency of the publication.
- Availability of more recent editions.
- Physical condition of the publication.
- Duplication of content in more recent works.
- Material not in electronic format
- Projected frequency of future use.
- Language of publication.
- Listed/not listed in Resources for College Libraries.
Criteria to be used to determine the suitability of deselecting general materials:
- The importance of the work: its inclusion in standard subject and comprehensive bibliographies or rare book lists.
- The appropriateness of the subject matter to the curriculum.
- The quantity and recency of patron use.
- Interlibrary loan use.
- The physical condition of the publication.
- Number of copies in the collection.
- Language of the publication.
- Newer editions in the collection.
- Listed/not listed in Resources for College Libraries.
Those books that are eventually withdrawn will:
1) be sent to our partners at Better World Books. As a quick reminder, BWB will attempt to: sell the items for us and we will receive a percentage of the sale; donate to our selected non-profit, Room to Read; or recycle the books.
2) Those that aren't accepted by Better World Books will be offered to the MBC community.
3) Those that remain will be recycled.