Phase 4 (Reference) Books are Ready for Review!

Flagging of withdrawal candidates in the reference collection (Phase 4) is complete. These candidates are now ready for review in the library or using the online candidate lists. Please note that the deadline for reviewing these books is October 31, 2013.

Phase 3 Deadline Extended

To ensure that faculty have adequate time to review the Phase 3 candidates, the review deadline has been extended to Friday, August 16.

Weeding Update

Upcoming Deadlines
February 28 - Deadline for completing review of Phase 2 candidates
May 31 - Deadline for completing review of Phase 3 candidates

Flagging Update
Flagging of Phase 3 items is complete. These items can now be reviewed in person or online.  Notification will be sent when flagging of Phase 4 (reference) items has been completed.

Review Reminders
We continue to experience intermittent issues with the online candidate lists. The ongoing problems seem to be most frequently encountered by those using Internet Explorer. Therefore, we recommend that you use Chrome or FireFox when completing your review online. 

When reviewing the candidate lists, please make sure that you click the “Save” button at the top left side of the screen before exiting the page. After your recommendations have been successfully saved, you should briefly see a “Your input has been saved” message at the top of the screen. Please be patient when saving changes, especially for lists that have a large number of items. Some users have reported receiving an “unresponsive page” error with Chrome. However, those that choose the “wait” option report that their changes do save successfully.

Phase 1 Review Deadline Extended to Novemer 30

As reported on the LibNews and Collier Library Weeding blogs on November 1, we have been experiencing intermittent problems with the online candidate lists for our ongoing weeding project. We have been unable to isolate the cause of the problem, but it is currently under investigation.

 

Because of the difficulties with the online lists, we are extending Phase 1 (LC Class P) review through November 30.  Please complete your review of Phase 1 (in-person or online) by this date.  

As you work with the online lists, we recommend that you use Chrome or Firefox. The ongoing problems seem to be most frequently encountered by those using Internet Explorer. When reviewing the candidate lists, please make sure that you click the “Save” button at the top left side of the screen before exiting the page. After your recommendations have been successfully saved, you should briefly see a “Your input has been saved” message at the top of the screen. Please be patient when saving changes, especially for lists that have a large number of items. Some users have reported receiving an “unresponsive page” error with Chrome. However, those that choose the “wait” option report that their changes do save successfully.

Thanks again for your participation in the project.  

Online Candidate List Problems

We have received reports of intermittent problems with our online candidate lists. We are currently investigating the issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Review Reminders

Online Review

As you review the online candidate lists, please remember to click the "Save" button at the top left side of the screen before exiting the system. It may take a few minutes to save the recommendations, especially for call numbers with a large number of candidates. After your recommendations have been successfully saved to the system, you should see "Your input has been saved" at the top of the list. If you do not see this message, your recommendations have not been saved.

Print Review

When reviewing the print candidates, please make sure to check the appropriate call numbers in the oversize section (third floor). This will be particularly important for subject areas with a large number of oversize books (for example, art).

Problems/Questions

If you have any problems reviewing the candidates or have questions about the process, please contact collectiondevelopment@una.edu.

Your Input is Crucial

We greatly appreciate all of the feedback that we have received from teaching faculty about our weeding project. Our criteria is based on several factors (circulation, availability from resource sharing partners, age, etc.). In addition we also compared titles to Choice and Resources for College Libraries. None of the titles flagged should have been reviewed in Choice or included in Resources for College Libraries.  However, some titles by major authors, classic works, important series, etc. may have ended up as withdrawal "candidates."  This is because it is almost impossible to identify these types of criteria using an automated approach.  We are relying on faculty to provide expert opinion in these cases.  This is the primary reason we sought to include faculty input on the process rather than simply running circulation numbers and discarding accordingly.   

Before a title is withdrawn,a professional librarian will examine it in context.  We are confident that this multi layered process (criteria, faculty review, librarian review) will lead to retention of important items.  So, please remember to vote for the "candidates" that you feel should remain in the library.