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    This document discusses strategies for rehoming deselected library texts. It begins by noting that weeding is necessary due to issues like outdated materials, but that it can also be controversial. It then discusses challenges like time and educating the public, as well as benefits like reducing waste and creating connections. Potential rehoming options presented include donations to schools, creative communities, gardens, and animal shelters. The document advocates developing goals and identifying recipient groups as part of the process. It provides examples of how discarded texts have been used creatively and profiles individuals who have worked with discarded materials. Overall recommendations emphasize transparency and finding ways for deselected materials to continue adding value within the community.

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    This document discusses strategies for rehoming deselected library texts. It begins by noting that weeding is necessary due to issues like outdated materials, but that it can also be controversial. It then discusses challenges like time and educating the public, as well as benefits like reducing waste and creating connections. Potential rehoming options presented include donations to schools, creative communities, gardens, and animal shelters. The document advocates developing goals and identifying recipient groups as part of the process. It provides examples of how discarded texts have been used creatively and profiles individuals who have worked with discarded materials. Overall recommendations emphasize transparency and finding ways for deselected materials to continue adding value within the community.

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    From Weeds

    to
    Wildflowers:
    The Afterlife
    of
    De-selected
    Texts

    Tanya
    Davidson
    Marygrove
    College

    AND WHAT IS
    A WEED? A
    PLANT WHOSE
    VIRTUES HAVE
    NOT YET BEEN
    DISCOVERED

    - R a l p h Wa l d o
    Emerson
    T h e L a te r
    Lectures of
    R a l p h Wa l d o
    Emerson: 18431 871 . p 3 21 ,
    para2.

    DUMPSTER PIC

    WEEDING IS A NECESSITY
    Why We Weed

    Why We Struggle

    Outdated Material

    Against Ourselves

    Damaged

    Against Our Institutions

    Non-Circulating

    Against Our
    Communities

    Over Crowding

    A librarys shelves attract


    readers not in proportion
    to the number of volumes
    on them but in proportion
    to the amount of fresh
    and vital material which
    they contain.

    - ASA
    WYNKOOP,
    1911
    Wisconsin
    L i b r a r y B u l l et i n
    Vo l . 7 , N o .1

    TRANSPARENCY & COMMUNICATION

    Large-scale weeding is what gets libraries into trouble and [is]


    where mistakes can happen. Going slowly and carefully is better
    for the collection and better for users.
    Holly Hibner. Co-author of Making a Collection Count: A Holistic Approach to Library
    Collection Management.

    Fairfax County library revamps system, discards books, reduces librarians


    The Washington Post. September 9, 2013
    Residents upset Alameda County throws out thousands of books
    -ABC 7 News, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose. February 23, 1015
    Thousands of UNH library books found in dumpster: Professor at odds with library
    over discarded books.
    -ABC News, New Hampshire. April 22, 2014
    Hard Choices: Do libraries really destroy Books?
    -NPR. October 12, 2011

    Charity loses out as Warwickshire library books pulped for cash.


    -Warwick Courier. May 15, 2011
    Epic Fail: Library throws away 250,000 books.
    -Virginia Watchdog. September, 2013
    City Rebukes Philadelphia Library on Weeding Practices.
    -Library Journal. May, 1997

    SURVEY RESULTS

    Institution

    Academic

    Public

    School

    Medical

    THEN WHAT?

    Donations
    16%

    Disposal
    14%

    Giveaways
    13%
    Other
    26%
    Recycling
    22%

    Services
    13%

    Online Sales
    6%

    Book Sales
    16%

    REHOMING
    AS
    ROUTINE

    IDENTIFY GOAL

    IDENTIFY GROUPS

    ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

    CHILDRENS SECTION

    LOCAL CREATIVE COMMUNITIES

    ENDLESS CREATIVIT Y

    AS I SAID, ENDLESS!

    THE
    BUTTERFLY
    EFFECT,
    2009
    -Rachael Ashe,
    B o o ka r t is t

    C O N T E M P OR A RI E S

    -Alicia Martin,
    B o o k s c ulp te r

    CREATIVIT Y FROM WITHIN

    Blackout Poetry Stations


    Cut-up Fiction
    Card Catalog writing and doodle prompts

    A day in the life of a discard


    Scavenger Hunt using Discarded Books as Clues

    GARDENERS

    CARPENTERS

    ARCHITECTS / CONTRACTORS/URBAN
    PLANNERS

    PET SHELTERS / FARMS

    No Viable
    Home

    CHALLENGES

    Time and
    Resources
    Educate
    the Public

    Limits Waste
    Creates
    Connections

    BENEFITS

    Outreach
    Marketing
    Networking
    for Future
    Exchanges

    Helps Others

    Greenweeding.pbworks.com
    A wiki site dedicated to collaboration in book donations
    ScrapIT! / artofrecycle.org
    A worldwide list of centers that accept materials for recycled projects.
    Includes a state-by-state list, instructions for projects, and a blog of
    highlighted uses.
    Green Fiber / greenfiber.com
    Accepts paper donations to turn into insulation.
    Shared Print Repositories / ala.org/alcts
    An exploration of the logistics and best practices for creating a shared
    print repository.
    Openingthebook.com
    Includes instructions and techniques for paper recycling and sculpting
    for library workshops.
    Gerding, S., & Billings, M. (2007). Online Book Sales for Libraries: Turning Discards
    and Donations into Cash. Public Libraries, 46(1), 32-35.

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