Weeding+Project

**Weeding Project** **As with all aspects and actions within collection development, weeding is integral to the support of learning, enrichment opportunities, and to the promotion of a school's library program. It can seem to be a gargantuan task, much larger than any one individual. Fortunately, it is an opportunity for a T-L to improve portions of the total collection, communicate with staff and students, and perhaps better promote integral low-circulating resources. For the Surrey school district (sd36) there is the Teacher-Librarian Handbook which articulates clear responsibilities and guiding criteria for the weeding of a collection. The complete document is located at: [|School District 36 (Surrey) Teacher-Librarian Handbook] ** **The Surrey School District Teacher-Librarian Handbook advocates that weeding be done systemically and continuously, following the CREW method: **  **Continuous Review, Evaluation and Weeding. **
 * Moreover, the Handbook advocates MUSTIE as a guiding acronym adopted widely by Teacher-Librarians: **


 * What to Weed (MUSTIE): **

**Misleading and/or factually inaccurate **  **Ugly (worn out beyond mending or rebinding) ** **Superseded by a new edition or a better source ** **Trivial (of no discernable literary or scientific merit) **
 * Irrelevant to the needs and interests of your community **
 * Elsewhere (the material may be easily borrowed from another source) **

** Weeding Report Quantitative Data: ** **For this assignment I explored all possible resources as connected to the Social Studies 10 curriculum. I explored a number of resource sections including: ****<span style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;">law, picture books, atlases and reference sections, literature, First Nations studies, geography, ** **<span style="display: inline !important; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">political history, social issues, biography, graphic novels, and audiovisual resources. Overall I found that the average age of various portions of the collection were satisfactory, but within each section there were trivial, unnecessary, insensitive, and somewhat outdated resources that had been many times superseded. **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">Furthermore, although the district handbook acts as a satisfactory initial guide, it lacks sample timelines and specific procedures. This allows for each school and library program to create procedures that work for their unique program and community, but as weeding is such an important and yet large task, it can promote infrequent, informal weeding policies that lack concrete routines and timelines. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">Furthermore, as I am a teacher in the school and not the Teacher-Librarian, I had access to the Destiny system to look up individual circulation information (one resource at a time), but I was not permitted to complete the full weeding process, including a Destiny system report and disposal. Below is a created table that includes the title, publication date, circulation history, format, and MUSTIE-based reference for my weeding decisions. **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">I ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">E ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">U ** **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 24pt;"> Title ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Publication Date ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Circulation Date ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 16pt;">Format ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rationale **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">MUSTIE ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Trains unlimited Trans-Canadian railway ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1997 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">02/11/2008 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">DVD ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The national dream. Episode 1, The great lone land ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The national dream. Episode 3, The horrid B.C. business ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The national dream. Episode 4, The great debate ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The national dream. Episode 5, The railway general ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The national dream. Episode 6, The sea of mountains ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The national dream. Episode 7, The desperate days ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The national dream. Episode 8, The last spike. ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Moments of History: Canada vignettes video ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1979 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">5/19/2008 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Generations. The McCurdy birthright ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">2006 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">North West Mounted Police ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1985 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">10/02/2008 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The opening of the Canadian West ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1991 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">05/11/2008 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canadian Immigration ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1993 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">10/20/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">First journey, Fort William ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1994 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rush for gold the Klondike Gold Rush ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1991 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">British Columbia: the west, on this rock. ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1994 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Catherine Parr-Traill ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1972 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Other side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson’s Bay Company ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1972 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">06/23/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Government in Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1988 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">12/03/2008 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada: economy & government ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1989 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada: people & places ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1989 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The key to Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1986 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">06/23/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">VHS ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canadian military history: selected readings ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1993 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dictionary of Canadian military history ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1992 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">History of the Canadian peoples ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1993 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">True North: the Yukon and Northwest Territories ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1998 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">01/31/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Opening the Canadian West ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">01/31/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Confederation: a new nationality ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1981 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Fitzhenry & Whiteside book of Canadian facts and dates ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1991 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Klondike stampede ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1991 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The War of 1812: the war that both sides won ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1990 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Settlement of the West ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Railways in Canada: the iron link ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1982 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Life in Upper Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The fur traders ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1989 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Trail of iron: the CPR and the birth of the West, 1880-1930 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1983 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Building of the railway ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1985 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada: Land of immigrants ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1973 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">10/22/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Immigrants: a portrait of the urban experience, 1980-1930 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1975 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Before the gold rush ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1993 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Gold Rush in the Cariboo ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1974 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Inuit peoples of Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1982 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">New Brunswick ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1997 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nova Scotia ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1992 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">11/5/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Rebellion in the Northwest: Louis Riel and the Metis people ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1984 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Red River Settlement ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1983 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Black Canadians: their history ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1989 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">10/19/2008 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Chinese Canadians ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1982 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Italian Canadians ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1979 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Mennonite Canadians ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Japanese Canadians ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1977 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Canadians ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1977 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Ukranian Canadians ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1978 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada: Immigration and Colonization: 1841-1903 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1966 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">U **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">East meets West: the Chinese in Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1978 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">3 copies **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">U **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">From an antique land: Italians in Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1978 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">02/17/2007 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">3 copies **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">U **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Nellie McClung & women’s rights ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The people we are: Canada’s multicultural society ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Profile 1995 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1995 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The French and Indian war ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Northwest Territories: Lets discover Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1992 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Life in upper Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The red river settlement ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1980 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The picture gallery of Canadian history ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1951 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada: Immigrants and settlers ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1979 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">2 copies ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Canada: Growth of a nation ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1996 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Origins: A history of Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1992 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Community Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1990 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Worldbook Encyclopedia series ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1997 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reference **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">10 copies **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Encyclopedia ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reader’s digest atlas of Canada ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1995 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reference **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">2 copies **
 * <span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Atlas ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Dictionary of Canadian place names ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1996 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">T ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">History of Canadian peoples ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1993 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">S ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Empire of the bay: An illustrated history of the Hudson’s Bay Company ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">1989 ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Never ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book ** || **<span style="font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">M **

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">*Note: All resources had 1 copy existing and that 1 copy to be weeded, except where specifically indicated in the data* <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">*Where circulation information reads as never, it indicates the resource never having circulated since the school library program began using Destiny. This began in 2006/2007 school year* <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 24pt;">**Total Weed: 87 resources** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Qualitative Explanation of Key Weeding Selections: ** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**1.) Moments of History: Canada Vignettes Video**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">published in 1979 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">This resource is superficial and of little learning support value **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">the VHS resource consists of 1-4 minute vignettes that are historically out of order **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The resource plays a short vignette about the land bridge "the journey of nomadic Asian people to North America via the land bridge" to an animated view of a Hudson's Bay trading post **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Any potentially relevant topics covered in this outdated and superficial resource is superseded numerous times over by better quality audiovisual resources also available in the library **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**__2.) The National Dream series, Episodes 1, 3-8__**
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">published 1974 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">This series is outdated and superseded by a superior series offered in the library: Canada, a People's History, as well as numerous specific DVDs **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The resource has never circulated since the school began with the Destiny system (2006/2007 school year) **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**3.) Canada: Immigration and Colonization: 1841-1903**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">published 1966 **[[image:Canada_Immigration_and_Colonization.jpg width="149" height="156" align="right"]]
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ratty, unattractive cover **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Contents are historical commentary that is outdated and insensitive. For example: "Canadians may lay the flattering unction to their souls that their country has been admitted into the community of the world's middle powers, and her decisions on international issues are of more than national importance" (p.vii) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The contents are expressed in a level too high for patron use **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**4.) East Meets West: The Chinese in Canada (Canadian Culture Series)**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1978 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Bound in ratty, flimsy black plastic coiled duotangs that are fraying. Unattractive **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The information contained within is outdated and superseded within the rest of the collection many times over **

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**5.) Nellie McClung & Women's Rights** __
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1980 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">This resource is outdated and contains no essential information that hasn't been superseded many times over **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The resource has never circulated, and is clearly unnecessary to the patrons **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**6.) The People We Are: Canada's Multicultural Society**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1980 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">superficial summary information that is outdated **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Entire chapters on "Native Peoples" land claims. Yet the information stops at 1960. It does not contain current, significant history regarding First Nations land claims, such as the Nisga'a Treaty in B.C. **



<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**7.) Profile 1995**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1995 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Flimsy statistics document with rumpled pages and a tattered cover **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The information in this document is superseded by readily available resources online **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**8.) Northwest Territories: Lets Discover Canada**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1992 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Misleading information **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The resource does not include Nunavut **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**9.) The Picture Gallery of Canadian History**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1951 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Trivial, unattractive sketches of superficial aspects of Canadian history, such as what outdated stoves looked like **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">This resource has little value to the collection and it has never circulated **



<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**10.) Origins: A History of Canada**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1992 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">This is an old Social Studies textbook that has since been superseded numerous times over within the district. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">This resource was taken out of the classroom for a reason. It was no longer the most supportive or accurate resource available for our students **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">It is an outdated, unnecessary resource **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">It has never circulated and is unreasonably occupying valuable shelf space **



<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**11.) Canada: Immigrants and Settlers**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1979 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">This resource is insensitive and outdated **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">It presents a eurocentric view of history and repeatedly refers to First Nations peoples as "indians" **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">the history it tells has been superseded within the library collection many times over by more relevant, varied and unbiased resources **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**12.) Worldbook Encyclopedia series**__
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Published 1997 **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The series is outdated and has been superseded by the 2002 series housed in the same reference section as well as the Worldbook Online resource available through the library's homepage **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The series is located beside the small graphic novel section of the library collection. Graphic novels and picturebooks are an area that the library needs to develop, and removing this outdated encyclopedia series would free up valuable shelf space for newer, more relevant resources **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">**Weeding Reflection** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**Overflowing from wooden, metal and home-made book shelves (as well as night stands, coffee tables and step stools) throughout my home are books from throughout my life. As an English teacher and a devout follower of the written word I have always treated books, even those with covers taped back on and scrawlings in every page, as treasures. This inherent value invested in books, I believe, is a natural inclination for any Teacher-Librarian. Nonetheless, the stronger, more significant inclination inherent in the Teacher-Librarian profession is to best serve, support and co-create for and with its patrons. It is this essential pillar of the best possible library collection as a tool and vehicle for supporting learning and love of reading that is the basis for the weeding process. Doug Johnson in his blog "Weed!" comments that "[. . .] it is not books that are sacred, but the thoughts, inspiration, and accurate information they contain" (p. 2, http://dougjohnson.squarespace.com/dougwri/weed.html?printerFriendly=true). This is an important concept, and likely a challenging idea to truly internalize for many Teacher-Librarians, as it was for me. I found that while completing the weeding process it was easy to second guess every choice, to find some use, even in the irredeemable. Yet it is important to remember that weeding is an integral part of any effective collection development that ensures that the library materials are current, essential and inviting.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;">**My Weeding Process:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**1.) First, I reread my district's policies on weeding, and guiding articles on the issue and made notes about policies and criteria that could help decide factors to consider when exploring the collection.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**2.) Secondly, I explored the Destiny system catalogue and made notes and initial choices of resources to weed based on publication date, unnecessary repetition of the resource and possible triviality of the resource.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**3.) Next I met with my Teacher-Librarian and discussed her process, experiences, and thoughts on weeding.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**4.) Finally, I spent numerous afternoons and evenings exploring the library collection. I pulled every resource I had made note of from the initial Destiny catalogue reports. Also, I pulled random resources from each section that possibly pertained to the Social Studies 10 curriculum, working with Jo Anne Moore's "Guidelines for collection evaluation and weeding" in hand. I found Jo Anne's article extremely helpful as I could have been tempted to weed some older resources, but her article reminds that date is not a key indicator of evaluation and weeding when considering certain sections of a collection, such as literature and law.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 27px;">** Discarding of the weeds ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**As I am not a Teacher-Librarian I was unable to fully complete the weeding process which involves removing the books from circulation, the Destiny system, and removing them as district policy indicates. If I were to fully weed my selections I would pull the books from the physical collection and separate them into boxes or shelves in the back room. As I had gone through the circulation dates for every book selected for weeding I saw that only a handful were used by a student in the past. There are resources in the present collection to support future student use on the topics that the selected resources focused on. However, five of the VHS resources had been used by staff years ago. Many of the staff have since left the school, but two of the teachers are still teaching in the school. Although they have not used the resource in years, I would meet with them and offer them the VHS resource I am weeding for their classroom collection. Further, I would also show them the audiovisual resources available that supersede the weeded tape, and show them available videos on the same topic that are available through the online video streaming we have offered through the school library. Following this, I would mark the inside covers of all the weeded resources as discards, remove them from the Destiny catalogue and box them up for recycling. I would not donate these resources for other classrooms or charity, or district swap meets, as the resources were either misleading, outdated, trivial or damaged. A handful of the resources could be offered to an art class or to a class that does scrapbooking and portfolios and such art projects because some of the visuals could be of use.** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What was easy about the weeding process? ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">From step one of this course on collection development I had approached the Social Studies learning outcomes, community analysis and collection evaluation with an eye for what is possible. I am sensitively aware of what is possible in the course and of where gaps were pre-existing in the collection. For example, the collection does not adequately support visual literacy, and secondary sources rather than primary sources dominate the collection. Primary sources are imperative to information literacy and key critical thinking skills for the Socials curriculum. As such, I found it easy to explore the collection with a critical eye for redundant, unnecessary resources that occupy space where key resources could be selected to better serve and enrich the curriculum and skill development. ** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What was challenging about the weeding process? ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Although the initial choices for weeding, based on Destiny data, as well as the district's, Moore's, and Bishop's weeding criteria, was easy, actually deciding what to weed once in the physical collection was more of a challenge. For example, on paper my school library contains two resources within the 383 portion of the Dewey decimal system, both 19 years old. Moore offered no specific guidance for this portion of a library collection, and so initially I had circled them for weeding. Once I saw that it was resources on key, rare topics, such as Land use & abuse, I was able to confidently decide to keep these resources. These resources have never circulated, but they are key to curriculum in the Socials department. Also, Bishop remarks that when completing the weeding process we might find items that are "poorly promoted that might circulate under changed circumstances" (2007, p.121). I also found numerous outdated resources that clearly were worn out, and unnecessary, but as many have experienced, I found that I had a nagging voice in my head frantically composing reasons as to why a particularly irredeemable resource could be saved and used. I guess, this being my first experience in the process, my little weeding angels and devils were initially in debate. I am sure, that with more experience and time in the library with all classes using the collection I would feel more readily sure of my weeding choices. ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Moreover, the process of going through hundreds of resources individually, book by book, video by video, professional resource by professional resource was incredibly time consuming. That, I believe is a key issue for any Teacher-Librarian. The administration of a successful library program involves immense, complex tasks, and the days are never long enough. I was only able to complete my small weeding task by staying in the library exploring and making notes late into the evening throughout a week. I believe that for many T-Ls this time would be hard to find. Nonetheless, this was an incredibly important and rewarding task. I feel that as a T-L in my future, I would see the impact of a successful weed in the shelves, in the circulation of resources, and that I would be propelled further to exemplify the CREW method of "Continuous Review, Evaluation and Weeding" (School District 36 (Surrey) Teacher-Librarian Handbook, 2007, p.12). ** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What would I do differently next time? ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">In the district's policies handbook, as well as in my school library, there is a lack of concrete procedure guides. My first step would be to create a procedure for weeding. This would involve structured timelines, articulated steps for communicating with staff about resources being used, as well as disposal and donations criteria. As one of my main challenges was the time it takes to effectively evaluate and weed, I feel that it would be incredibly beneficial in the future to create concrete schedules for continuous and routine evaluations and weeding. ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Moreover, prior to this assignment weeding was a completely foreign concept to me. I feel that communicating with staff and patrons about the importance of weeding, or how they can make suggestions for misleading, insensitive or unattractive resources could be beneficial in the future. This would help potential critics understand that "it does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not" (Epistolae Morale, as quoted in "Weeding the school library: The counterpart to selection," p. 1). ** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Final Thoughts **  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**As I was leaving the library one evening I went over to turn off the lights as the night-time janitor had already come and gone. I had finished exploring the last of the shelves and resources pertaining to my curriculum area. When I reached to hit the rows of light switches I noticed that there was a cart of resources reserved and in-use by a colleague's Social Studies 10 class. All four rows of this portable cart were full, bursting with Canadian history books, Canadian biography, art, geography and social issues. Guided by all of the call numbers investigated and sought out, I had spent hours going through rows and rows of books, finding many that very much required weeding. Every resource I had selected for weeding was completely unnecessary for Social Studies 10 class using the very resources being investigated. This cart loaded full of essential resources was the evidence I needed to reassure my weeding choices. For if I had chosen one resource that was at all useful according to the T-L and clerk who pulled the initial cart load of books, or to the teacher and class of students using the library at the time, then it would have been on this full portable cart, and off the shelves in which I had found them laying unused.** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 25px;">**Therefore, all of the resources I explored and selected for weeding were of no demand or use even while Socials 10 classes are in the library actively using necessary resources. It just emphasizes my selections, even if I had initial misgivings.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**Overall, t****his was an incredibly eye-opening and fulfilling task. Weeding forces us as Teacher-Librarians to open our eyes and look critically at what is and what could be, for the best possible collection for our patrons.** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">**References:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Brochure from the California Department of Education. //Weeding the school library: The counterpart to selection//. Retrieved Oct. 22nd, 2011, from :<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b44c2; font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">[|http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/documents/weedingbrochure.pdf] ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Johnson, D. (The Blue Skunk Blog). //Weed!.// Retrieved Oct. 22nd, 2011, from: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2b44c2; font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">[|http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/weed.html] ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Moore, J. //Guidelines for collection evaluation and weeding//. Retrieved Oct. 22nd, 2011, from http://ritter.tea.state.txus.technology/libraries/lib_downloads/weeding1.pdf**
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Bishop, K. (2007). //The collection program in schools: Concepts, practices, and information sources//. (4th ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. **