...Andrew Dudash; Jacob E. Gordon Purpose The purpose of this case study was to complement existing weeding and retention criteria beyond the most used methods in academic libraries and to consider citation counts in the identification of important scholarly works. Design/methodology/approach...

... the sources collection (systematic weeding, collection development and retrieving the extent of the sources loan) of the library to implement the system in a case sample and using the output maps for improving the status of managing the sources and contributing to make weeding more systematic and supplying...

... titles with e-books was also covered. A review of the monograph weeding project at the Adelphi University Library in the humanities and social sciences is provided. Conclusions and a projection of next steps are also included. Findings An overwhelming majority of the monograph titles reviewed were...

.... Originality/value This article establishes clear principles to guide libraries' decisions on deselecting, storing, and retaining print serials volumes. Journals Periodicals Collection development Collections management Weeding Deselection Print serials Online archival packages Libraries...

...Robert Detmering; Claudene Sproles Purpose The purpose of this article is to describe the ongoing process of weeding, streamlining, and transforming a very large, print‐based reference collection at the University of Louisville's William F. Ekstrom Library, focusing in particular on the various...