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Major
Subclasses |
Collecting Guidelines |
Selection Sources |
Weeding Guidelines |
Action Items |
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Class as a whole |
Purchase generally for
practical use. Look for
well-written up-to-date
manuals with clear
instructions for laymen
Select up-to-date career
and examination books.
Purchase multiple copies
of heavily requested
material
Some classics and
authoritative works in
subject areas. Most usage
is by adults. |
Standard sources
Publishers' catalogs
NEMB
Book suggestions |
Timeliness very important
for manuals, exam books,
career, disease books
Check at 5-7 yrs
Others weed by condition
and usage |
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Medicine 610-619 |
Purchase at lay level: health careers,
examinations, specific
diseases, one volume lay
health encyclopedias,
prescription drug
handbooks, diet and
exercise, basic anatomy,
history of medicine, some
personal accounts Purchase for lay and
student use: AIDS, eating
disorders, drug and
alcohol abuse, smoking. Alternative health and
reducing diet books - scrutinize carefully by
publisher, author,
reviews.
Watch for books on new
therapies/medical updates |
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Check for currency at 5-7
yrs Most titles weeded
after 10 yrs |
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Engineering 620-629 |
Collect heavily repair
manuals for non-experts
Buy general books on basic
processes - how things
work
Update repair books
regularly as technology
changes
Maintain small
collection of engineering
texts at the undergraduate
level. |
TAB Chilton
Publisher's lists
(McGraw-Hill, Auden,
Goodheart) |
Weed by condition and
usage Keep an eye on
technological change
Check at 7-10 yrs |
Update electronics |
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Gardening/Farming
630-635 |
Collect gardening books
from beginners to advanced
Maintain small collection
on farming |
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Integrate gardening books
from the 700s and weed
this section |
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Pets and farm animals
636-639 |
Collect books on pet care,
pet selection, exotic
pets, dog and cat breeds,
some works on one breed
for common breeds
Maintain small collection
of personal accounts and
books on farm animals |
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Cookery 641 |
Very popular area. Collect
at the simple to medium
level of difficulty
Collect classic authors,
types of cooking, types of
food, recipes from
different countries,
vegetarian cooking,
recipes for medical
conditions, cooking for
crowds or few, local and
well-known authors
Keep abreast of new
food interests and
concerns (low fat, high
fiber, roasting, low carb,
etc.) |
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Concentrate on low carb
cooking until the "fad"
runs its course |
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Household 642-648 |
Collect at the lay level
on up-to-date home
improvement/remodeling,
home sewing, cosmetology,
food/lodging, small
business startup, family
life, retirement issues |
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Update sewing 646 |
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Childrearing 649 |
Current works by well-know
authors Modern guides on
particular aspects, ages |
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Business 650-659 |
Collect practical and
theoretical works at
various levels of
expertise - resume
writing, small/home
business startup &
management, secretarial
and accounting handbooks,
management theories and
practices.
Concentrate on the use
of computers for business
applications
Management is very
popular |
Wall Street Journal,
NYT,Time, Newsweek, AMACOM,
Broadway, Dearborn
Financial, Harper
Business, JIST, Prentice
Hall, Warner,
Harvard Business School |
Keep most titles no more
than 10 years
Update practical manuals
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Weed entire section by
use, condition, and date |
Manufacturing
Woodworking660-689 |
Carpentry projects and
manuals for non-experts
Keep small but updated
collection on
manufacturing |
Betterways, Sunset, Audels |
Project books weeded when
they are no longer fresh
and attractive |
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Buildings 690-699 |
Collect how-to-do-it
manuals on particular
projects/systems -
heating, plumbing,
cooling, construction
estimating, electrical
Generally collect at the
non-expert level |
Audels |
Check at 7 yrs for
obsolescent technologies |
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