3.10 Government Documents are weeded according to the rules and regulations as outlined by the Superintendent of Documents and the Texas State Publications Clearinghouse. In science, technology, and other areas where currency is paramount, materials over ten years old should be candidates for weeding. Specific Weeding Criteria Badly bound volumes with soft pulpy paper or shoddy binding. Badly printed works, including those with small print, dull or faded print, cramped margins, poor illustrations, or paper that is translucent so that the print shows through. Worn-out volumes whose pages are dirty, brittle, or yellow, with missing pages, frayed binding, broken backs, or dingy or dirty covers.
Audio cassettes with poor sound.
Material that looks unappealing, i.e. dog-eared volumes. Books with cracked spines. Compact discs with chips, cracks, deep scratches, or warps. Unneeded duplicate titles. Duplicates except for date, place, or reprint.