Reducing the Reference Collection by 75% in 75 Days: Can it be Done?

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Gaskin, Nora	en_US
dc.contributor.author	An, Jeannie	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wyckoff, Wade	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-18T18:26:28Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-06-18T18:26:28Z	-
dc.date.created	2011-12-01	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-06	en_US
dc.identifier.other	libraries_fp/18	en_US
dc.identifier.other	1016	en_US
dc.identifier.other	2382913	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14539	-
dc.description.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>	en_US
dc.subject	reference collection	en_US
dc.subject	weeding	en_US
dc.subject	liaison librarians	en_US
dc.subject	Library and Information Science	en_US
dc.subject	Library and Information Science	en_US
dc.title	Reducing the Reference Collection by 75% in 75 Days: Can it be Done?	en_US
dc.type	presentation	en_US
Appears in Collections:	McMaster University Libraries Publications

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