How is the decision made to remove material from the collection, and what happens to library materials that are no longer needed?
Standards for “weeding” materials (the process for evaluating materials currently in the collection) include their factual accuracy, whether they have been superseded by another work, how often they have circulated, physical condition, and relevance to community needs and interests. Material removed from the library’s collection may be donated to social service agencies, sold to the public through book sales, sold to commercial firms, sold or transferred to other libraries, offered to library users at no charge, or disposed of.
