Aviva --
We're constantly in add-and-subtract mode, as we should be. Our library is
about 2500 volumes. We just did a review of all adult books published before
1980. We decided to keep almost all of them, but it's never automatic for me.
It's certainly one way to quickly review and get rid of out-of-date items, and
realize what is old but hasn't been superseded (books on the Kibbutz;
Netanyahu's biography of Abravanel, e.g.)
Fred Isaac
Temple Sinai
Oakland, CA
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From: Aviva Rosenberg <[email protected]>
To: Hasafran <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 9:37 am
Subject: [ha-Safran] Weeding 800's and 900's in a Jewish school
Hi everyone,
I'm the head librarian at a N-8 Jewish day school with a fairly large library.
I started a year ago, and came in to find that the collection has been well
maintained in terms of acquiring new materials, but poorly handled in terms of
weeding old, outdated, or unused items. In anticipation of some spatial
changes (and a potential full overhaul) I am currently attacking the nonfiction
section.
I tend to have a "less is more" attitude in a school library, where kids have
specific tastes and curricular needs and space is always an issue. We do have a
decent source of funding for new books, so I know I can update where necessary.
But when it comes to items of Jewish interest, I'm torn.
What criteria should I be using to determine the fate of books of Jewish
literature and history? I am finding shelves full of old, dank books that
don't circulate, such as collections of Jewish American literature, or books
about Israel from the 1960's. I think I have a good idea of what people are
likely to want/need here, and most of these items don't qualify. But I
hesitate to purge such a large selection of special interest materials. Is
there anywhere else that might be interested in them? Opinions on this issue in
general? Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you!
Aviva Rosenberg
Library & Media Specialist
The Moriah School
53 S. Woodland Street
Englewood, NJ 07631
201.567.0208 x307
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