Weeding Policy One of the goals of the Law library is to manage a collection that is dynamic and useful to the Law School community.
Librarians recognize that one method to that goal is to weed the collection of marginal titles.
The withdrawal of unwanted items and the storage of infrequently used items may increase ease of access and improve the efficiency of retrieving materials. The most obvious value of removing materials is that of increasing the availability of stack space for current and future growth of the collection. It is the policy of the Law Library to deselect materials in accord with the principles of the collection development policy. The collection development levels assigned to the various legal subjects should be used to make an informed decision and to weigh the importance of each category of material to the mission of the Law School and the Law Library. Previous editions should be retained only in subjects that are collected at the Research Level.