Assessment and Weeding of a Clinical HIV/AIDS Collection in an Academic Library: A Case Study

Authors

Sharon Leslie, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Ida Martinez, Georgia State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-16-2015

Abstract

Maintaining a clinical HIV/AIDS section in an academic library collection that is both current and historically significant for research is essential. This article reports on a collection management project that was undertaken to weed HIV/AIDS books in targeted clinical areas of an academic library using a timeline model developed by Ondrusek (2001) as a supplement to traditional weeding methods. The combination proved effective for identifying clinical materials that were outdated and needed to be deaccessioned while maintaining historically relevant materials in these areas.

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Author Accepted Manuscript version of an article published in:

Sharon Leslie and Ida Martinez (2015). Assessment and Weeding of a Clinical HIV/AIDS Collection in an Academic Library: A Case Study, Collections Management 40(3). DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2015.1040570

Recommended Citation

Leslie, Sharon and Martinez, Ida, "Assessment and Weeding of a Clinical HIV/AIDS Collection in an Academic Library: A Case Study" (2015). University Library Faculty Publications. 117.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/univ_lib_facpub/117