ABSTRACT As print usage continues to shrink while the demand for student space grows, many academic libraries have felt the pressure to weed more aggressively. While not a new trend, much of the discussion surrounding weeding draws on the implicit assumption of some occasional weeding as collection maintenance. This article describes an aggressive weeding project at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, which had previously adhered to a no-weeding policy. It outlines the library’s development of selection criteria and methods where none had previously existed as well as the challenges encountered and the outcomes achieved.

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进入杂草：德克萨斯理工大学健康科学中心的大量除草

摘要 随着对学生空间需求的增长，印刷使用量持续减少，许多学术图书馆感受到了更积极地清除的压力。虽然不是一个新趋势，但围绕除草的大部分讨论都基于将偶尔除草作为收集维护的隐含假设。本文描述了德克萨斯理工大学健康科学中心的一个积极的除草项目，该项目之前一直坚持不除草政策。它概述了图书馆在以前不存在的选择标准和方法的发展以及遇到的挑战和取得的成果。