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The Inquiry Process, Step By Step. Doug Johnson Website - Welcome. Weeding Library Collections. CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries, Revised and Updated by Jeanette Larson, Texas State Library, 2008 Electronic VersionWeeding the Fiction Collection: Should I Dump Peyton Place?

Weeding Library Collections

A comprehensive web page about weeding fiction, with a bibliography, links to policies, excerpts from policies, bullet points about weeding, and even a weeding skit, from Overbooked at the Chesterfield County (VA) Public Library.SUNLINK Weed of the Month Archive Advice for weeding non-fiction books and media, aimed at school libraries, but of interest to public libraries also. Dickinson, G. (2005, April/May). Crying over spilled milk. Library Media Connection, 24-26. Retrieved February 12, 2007, from ERIC Database. There isn't one media specialists that doesn't find the job of weeding their selection daunting. Dr. Step One: Start with one shelf and pull out the books on that shelf and just do a visual check. Step Three: Take the books you have chosen to pull from the collection to a workstation.

Dr. Gift & Deselection Manager « Getting It System Toolkit. The GIST Gift & Deselection Manager (GDM) is designed to manage and streamline library workflow for processing gifts and evaluating materials for weeding.

Gift & Deselection Manager « Getting It System Toolkit

It is standalone open-source software that automates the gathering of data for evaluating donations; including holdings, edition comparisons, full-text, and other data. It also recommends “keep or do not keep” according to your collection building conspectus file, and if you keep an item, GDM can open and search the work in OCLC Connexion so you may attach holdings and download a record. The Gift Manager also automates donor letters with lists of donated items – no more keying in title information for acknowledgments, with all the data now stored in GDM’s database for future reference. The GDM also enables collection managers to perform item-by-item deselection or use the batch analysis tool to create custom deselection reports for large weeding projects. A screenshot of the Gift and Deselection Manager interface System requirements.

Dewey Decimal System - A Guide to Call Numbers. Www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf. Collecting the Data: Templates and Resources for the School Librarian. Please note that this website is in the process of being update.

Collecting the Data: Templates and Resources for the School Librarian

Some of the links and resources may no longer be available. Update and new resources will be posted soon! Templates and Resources for the School Librarian The mission of the data project is to provide School Librarians with strategies and tools to evaluate and to promote the School Library Media Program. Monitoring Our Mission Using Information Power 2 as a guiding document, this website is divided into four main areas: reading, collaboration, collection development, and program perception.

Although this website is divided, the four concepts are intertwined and related to each other as demonstrated in the graphic below. Frequently Asked Questions. Copyright and Fair Use - UMUC Library. Disclaimer The information presented here is only general information.

Copyright and Fair Use - UMUC Library

Legal advice must be provided in the course of an attorney-client relationship specifically with reference to all the facts of the particular situation under consideration. Such is not the case here, and accordingly, the information presented here must not be relied on as a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a licensed attorney. Updated January 28, 2011 Consistent with BOR Policy IV-3.20, the UMUC Library has developed guidelines for the use of copyrighted materials. The UMUC Library addresses copyright and intellectual property issues because of its role in teaching and promoting information literacy. An Introduction to Copyright What Is Copyright? What Can be Copyrighted? Tangible, original expressions can be copyrighted. Fixation: The item must be fixed in some way. What Cannot be Copyrighted? Works in the public domain: Ideas are in the public domain.

What Does Copyright Protect? Top. The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use. A five-part series When it comes to copyright law and the application of fair use exceptions, ignorance is definitely not bliss!

The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use

Learn how to educate yourselves and your students and avoid making a costly mistake! You really did plan to find time over the summer to familiarize yourself with the latest information on copyright law. You absolutely intended to look up the fair use guidelines for using technology resources. You truly meant to create a classroom copyright policy, locate agencies that grant permissions to use copyrighted materials, write a template for a permission request form, and locate sites to teach students about the value of original work and the societal benefits of obeying copyright laws. What's an educator to do? Click Part 1: Copyrights and Copying Wrongs below to begin. Who Said That? Article by Linda Starr Education World® Copyright © Education World. APA Formatting and Style Guide. Summary: APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.

APA Formatting and Style Guide

This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (6th ed., 2nd printing).

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