IV-C: Collection Maintenance

A public library director or library staff member is able to:

1. use standard assessment and weeding techniques to maintain a vital, current and attractive collection

IV-C-1 001 - Weed a collection


2. showcase library resources with special displays


3. implement procedures to evaluate materials already in the collection for retention, replacement, rebinding, weeding and duplication


4. establish procedures to eliminate weeded materials from library records


5. perform basic, simple repair of materials in various formats

001 Repair books



6. identify items of historic value which need preservation and conservation