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Speed Weeding the Garden

Speed Weeding the Garden Developing evaluation criteria Contracting with library movers Negotiating process with library storage facility Purchasing supplies Barcode scanners and printers Markers/dots for color coding Cardboard storage trays Assembling teams

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Speed Weeding the Garden

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  1. Speed Weeding the Garden • Developing evaluation criteria • Contracting with library movers • Negotiating process with library storage facility • Purchasing supplies • Barcode scanners and printers • Markers/dots for color coding • Cardboard storage trays • Assembling teams • Documenting weeding procedures • Establishing timelines to allow parallel processes • Generating reports and lists to assist with weeding decisions • Materials already in storage • Monographic series indexed in Medline • Brandon-Hill Lists • Journal volumes in electronic format • Planning for uninterrupted patron and library services • Marking volumes for discard, retention and storage • Measuring linear feet and counting volumes • Reading barcodes for discards and storage • Changing location codes and deleting records • in ILS using barcodes • Monitoring the move for quality control Problem: How to accelerate the process of a project intended to take one year Speed Weeding: When Space Needs are on the Horizon Karen Grigg, Associate Director, Collection Development Services; Charlie S. Lackey, AHIP, Assistant Director, Cataloging and Bibliographic Services; Beverly Murphy, AHIP, Assistant Director, Marketing and Publications and Webmaster; Richard A. Peterson, AHIP, Deputy Director; and Patricia L. Thibodeau, AHIP, Associate Dean for Library Services & Archives, Duke Medical Center Library & Archives, Durham, NC Weed-free Garden on the Horizon! Existing Garden Most pre-1985 journals stored Most pre-1995 books stored or de-selected, depending on usage Duplicates and rarely used materials discarded Post-1995 and heavily used books kept Majority of conference proceedings and foreign titles deselected due to low usage • Weeding project already planned • Largest floor of library reassigned to health system • Major space crunch on campus • Collection to be weeded and moved in four months! • Off-campus storage provided opportunities for choices • Retain in collection • Store off-campus • De-select item • Offer to UNC Chapel Hill’s Health Sciences Library Tending the Garden • Benefits from partnership with School of Medicine and Health System • Funding for storage • Free copying/scanning of stored items • Renovations to library • Fewer stacks needed, creating more space for patrons • Collection more relevant and easier to use

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