The criteria hasn't changed but with the greater use of Internet materials for research and more databases online, there is less of a reason to hold onto old musty secular materials. Here is a link to what I feel is one of the best brochures on weeding. http://web.archive.org/web/20040331220942/www.cde.ca.gov/library/weedingschlib.pdf
Also use the school's mission statement as a guide and your circulation statistics. If no one has read the book in 3-5 years and no teacher is going to assign it, clear it off your shelves. Many of your titles are available for free at openlibrary.org Evi Reznick McLendon Elementary Decatur, GA [email protected]
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