They are also welcome to come and help us with a scheduled weeding of the collection, or to be present at the weeding and inspect the selected materials being weeded. Unfortunately, we didn t give a lot of advance warning on the weeding we just did over the Fall Break. We will be sure to give a couple of weeks notice the next time we schedule a big weeding. We now have a way to create a list of the books we suggest to be weeded, and these lists will be sent to the faculty so that they may look over the list and remove any books they deem vital to the collection. After 48 hours, the books remaining on the list will then be processed for removal from the collection.
Mistakes do happen on occasion, and what gets weeded is also often a matter of opinion.
Books that meet the criteria for withdrawal may be something that is considered vital to a subject area by a faculty member. If the book hasn t been removed from the premises, we can reprocess it back into the collection. If it has, then it is too late to recover it. However, each department is given an annual budget for purchasing new books and materials by the Library. They can choose to replace weeded materials as they see fit.