ALL-SIS Program - Weed, Shelve or Store? Making the Hard Decisions

Both shelving space and budget reductions are making thoughtful and creative weeding practices a critical skill set for librarians charged with collection development and management in the academic law libraries of the 21st century. Next year, volume count will no longer be the prime method of judging a library’s status for the purpose of ABA statistics. Academic law librarians will gain knowledge and expertise on how to acquire useful space for new materials by weeding, storing or withdrawal of periodicals. Speakers will bring their own idea about what “best practices” should be, and a summary of their weeding endeavors.