tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post2974874733366542407..comments2023-12-15T16:56:37.686-06:00Comments on Don't Mess with TX-LIS: 'Weeding' booksEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-82925538101666963242012-09-04T18:36:39.060-05:002012-09-04T18:36:39.060-05:00Very well put, Jane.Very well put, Jane.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-42249649695577384082012-08-30T18:32:13.351-05:002012-08-30T18:32:13.351-05:00Research Guy sounds awesome, and is a model to all...Research Guy sounds awesome, and is a model to all of us who use technology way way way too much when the info we need ("need", in his case it sounds like) is in a book anyway. Jane Olmstead-Rumseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773874926301870507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-4258231509247942632012-08-29T09:44:58.079-05:002012-08-29T09:44:58.079-05:00I don't like getting rid of books so I would b...I don't like getting rid of books so I would be conservative. I can see getting rid of old technology books--that's easy. Old science books, especially ones for kids (since adults might be interested in reading "old science" to see how things have changed, but kids probably wouldn't). I know some people say get rid of the old genre fiction, and I guess that makes sense if the books are battered. But with some genre fiction, the old stuff is just as good....I'd get rid of old biographies of uninteresting people...but everyone has different ideas about who's uninteresting. Maybe the reason librarians do the weeding is that "the public" would be stubborn and quirky and refuse to do what was needed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com