Monday, October 2nd
With the start of October, I started work on Halloween Writing Board on a book shelf aisle end. The idea is a page is displayed with the beginning sentence "I felt something cold touch my shoulder..." and the rest of the page is available for teens and young adults to continue the story by adding their own details. I spent some time searching the internet for ideas on spooky bulletin board Halloween theme ideas, lining the oversized blank sheets, covering the bookshelf end, and cutting Halloween cutouts.
Friday, October 6th
I began work on weeding the Young Adult nonfiction area using the CREW Method I read up on last week. My plan is to look at every item on the shelf, look up it's details such as the book's copyright date, date of last circulation, and total number of checkouts on the library's LS2 catalog, then apply the CREW Guidelines of MUSTIE to determine the book's candidacy for weeding. The acronym MUSTIE stands for the following: M = Misleading or inaccurate information contained within the text; U = Ugly, the book is in very bad physical condition; S = Superseded by a newer edition; T = Trivial, which means it is no longer of local or timely interest; I = Irrelevant to the needs of the teen and young adults the library serves; E= Elsewhere, referring to obtaining the item through other means, such as electronic copies or through interlibrary loan.
Today, I worked through the first main class of the Dewey Decimal Classification, 000 Generalities, and worked through call numbers 000 (Computers, General Encyclopedias, and other Generalities) to 150 (Paranormal Phenomena and Psychology). As I input this information for reporting purposes, I will be noting the book's library bar code number, the McAllen Library's Weeding distinctions for the CREW Method Assessment, and noting supporting criteria from the CREW Guidelines manual providing a rationale why the item should be weeded. Once the collection has been looked through and a weeding list compiled, it will be given to the Teen Department supervisor for consideration. The final decision on weeding a particular item rests with her.
Weekly Reflection
Although weeding the collection by looking at every item may seem tedious, I believe it is necessary since no one in the Teen department can recall the last time the young adult nonfiction section was weeded. Thus, there is a possibility it has never been weeded. I believe going through the collection item by item will also help me become more familiar with the library's holdings so that I can quickly offer book suggestions and titles to patrons who may ask for help looking for a particular book or information about a specific topic.
Weeding the collection item by item will help the McAllen library offer its patrons a better selection of books and resources that are useful, relevant, and contain accurate data. I believe this is critical since many of the young patrons who checkout books from the young adult nonfiction section do so to conduct research for school reports and assigned projects.
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