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http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14539| Title: | Reducing the Reference Collection by 75% in 75 Days: Can it be Done? |
| Authors: | Gaskin, Nora An, Jeannie Wyckoff, Wade |
| Keywords: | reference collection;weeding;liaison librarians;Library and Information Science;Library and Information Science |
| Publication Date: | Jun-2010 |
| Abstract: | <p>When liaison librarians at McMaster heard in summer of 2009 that we had to reduce 14,000 reference titles by 75% by December, we took a proactive approach and formed a steering committee to draft guidelines and procedures. With inspiration from a 2009 ACRL poster session by Dickinson College, we formed a plan. Could twenty very busy liaison librarians accomplish the impossible?</p> |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14539 |
| Identifier: | libraries_fp/18 1016 2382913 |
| Appears in Collections: | McMaster University Libraries Publications |
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