Rachel,
Do you have any circulation numbers - either from a library system or from
checkout cards? One way to weed is to see how many times a title has
circulated in the last 5 (or 10, or 15) years. Yes, Malamud wrote some books
that are classics, but if they
didn't circulate in the last 10 years, chances are that they won't in the
future.
Another question: Do you see your collection as a research collection (in
which case keeping the classics is important from a pedagogic standpoint) or a
'reading for pleasure' collection of titles for people to enjoy? The purpose
of the library plays a role as well.
Keep Harry
Kemelman's books.
Ted
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Subject: [ha-Safran] Painful weeding decisions
Dear Hasafranim, We all know the pain of being forced to weed our collections. I'm
fast running out of space in my adult fiction/literature sections.
I've already done a ton of weeding, but I wonder about what are considered classics -- Bernard
Dear Hasafranim,
We all know the pain of being forced to weed our collections. I'm
fast running out of space in my adult fiction/literature sections.
I've already done a ton of weeding, but I wonder about what are considered classics -- Bernard Malamud, Saul Bellow, Sholem Aleichem, Sholem Asch, I.B. Singer, etc. I don't
want to get rid of ANY of it, but I wonder how others have decided what to keep
and what to sell/donate.
Rachel Haus
Library Director
Congregation of Moses Fisher Library
Kalamazoo MI
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