The Dark Side of Collection Management: Deselecting Serials from a Research Library's Storage Facility Using WorldCat Collection Analysis

• Published in: Collection management Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 272 - 287
• Main Authors: Ward, Suzanne M., Aagard, Mary C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Taylor & Francis Group 30.09.2008; Haworth Press
• Subjects: Acquisition and access: development policy, licenses, censorship; Acquisition. Collection development policy; Collection management; Deselection; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information service management; Library and documentation centre management; low-use serials; Purdue University; Research libraries; Sciences and techniques of general use; Serials; storage facility; Weeding; WorldCat; WorldCat Collection Analysis; United States; North America; America; WorldCat Collection Analysis; Stock management; Library management; Purdue University; collection management; storage facility; Higher education library; weeding; Inventory control; low-use serials; Deselection; Document elimination

To address the situation of its nearly full storage facility, the Purdue University Libraries developed guidelines for the deselection of very low-use serial titles and conducted a pilot project to identify material for withdrawal. The library school intern hired to conduct the pilot used WorldCat C...