A Survey of Weeding Practices in New Zealand
Academic Libraries

dc.contributor.author	Johnston, Angus
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-07T23:41:41Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-07T23:41:41Z
dc.date.copyright	2011
dc.date.copyright	2011
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.uri	http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/1724
dc.description.abstract	Weeding is the removal and disposal of materials from a library’s collection that meet criteria set out in the collection development policy. Weeding the print collection of an academic library should be viewed as a means of continuously improving the quality of the collection, reflecting changes in the university’s academic curriculum and meeting patrons’ research needs (Dubicki, 2008). Weeding is often neglected however because of time constraints, a desire to maintain the size of a collection, and the belief that a book may be needed some time in the future ...	en_NZ
dc.language.iso	en_NZ
dc.subject	Weeding	en_NZ
dc.subject	Deselecting	en_NZ
dc.subject	Libraries	en_NZ
dc.title	A Survey of Weeding Practices in New Zealand Academic Libraries	en_NZ
dc.type	Text	en_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unit	School of Information Management	en_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden	280103 Information Storage, Retrieval and Management	en_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden	289999 Other Information, Computing and Communication Sciences	en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw	Masters Research Paper or Project	en_NZ