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 books2g...@gmail.com
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