Assignment+Four

Weeding Project In this weeding project I am concentrating on the 7 Social Studies Curriculum, Ancient Civilizations. The [|IRP] documents state that Ancient Civilization "includes cultures up to approximately 500 CE (e.g., Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China in the Hsia-Shang-Chou dynasties, Celts, Nubia, CityState Japan), although it may also include a study of more recent civilizations such as the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Incas, North American Aboriginal societies, or the Norse." Most of these topics are found in the "History of the Ancient World"section (930-939). There are approximately 300 titles, which include non-circulating reference materials, AV materials as well as information books, further titles more recent civilizations like the Norse, Maya, Aztec, Inca, and North American civilizations can be found shelved with the modern histories of their geographical region. The following document is a list of the majority of items in the Ancient Civilizations collection that are housed in the history collection. According to Kay Bishop materials in the 900 'Geography and History' class should be discarded if over the age of 10-15 years, and if last circulated over 5 years ago (Bishop 2007). This major portion of the collection has been weeded (on paper, not physically) according to these criteria. Using this criteria, 62% of the Ancient Civilizations which are 16 years old or older would be weeded based on age criteria alone.

Bishop, Kay. //The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts, Practices, and Information Sources,// 4th edition. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

ARCHAEOLOGY TIT﻿LES

The narrower selection of my focus, the titles pertaining to Archaeology, are listed below along with a rationale for their weeding from (or retention in) the collection. In addition to age or circulation criteria, the physical condition of the title, the quality and currency of the information and illustrations, were taken into consideration. To Weed or to not to Weed? That is the Question!!!!!

//Dating Dinosaurs// and its illustration of "sophisticated computers" circa 1980sWEEDED!!

//Dig this---//Despite the good information in this book the text is dense and the layout is unappealing, which may explain why it has not circulated in eight years---WEEDED!!!

//The First Civilizations--//Illustrations in this book are all hand drawn, no photographs of artifacts, and 26 years old!WEEDED!



Oldest edition of three copies (and //Early Humans// is not in the grade 7 curriculum)- WEEDED!!
//Stones and Bones//- Prehistoric man is not part of the grade 7 curriculum, the material is dated, and it has not circulated since 2006.--- WEEDED!!!

Below is a more complete account of the weeding of the 930.1 section of the Citadel Middle School Library:

R E F L E C T I O N
 * **Call Number ** || ** Title/Subtitle ** || **Publication Year ** || **Age ** || **Date Last Accounted For ** || **WEED? ** || ** Rationale ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Early humans || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">2005 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">6 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1/8/2010 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">It is the most recent edition of three copies of this title and is still in good shape. It should be given a new call number to place it with its duplicate. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 ARC || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Archaeology || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1997 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">14 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">10/16/2009 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">This DVD is from the Bill Nye the science guy series which is very popular with students and teachers. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 AST || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">The atlas of archaeology || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1998 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">13 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1/16/2006 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Title contains photos of artifacts from a wide range of time periods and geographic regions. It is laid out in an appealing manner. ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 AVI || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Dig this! : how archaeologists uncover our past || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1993 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">18 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">11/26/2003 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Title is 18 years old and has not circulated in over 8 years ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 BAL || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">The lost wreck of the Isis. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1991 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">20 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">5/17/2004 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Although this book meets the age and circulation criteria to be weeded, it has great photographs, and describes the processes of marine archaeology very well. ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 CAS || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">The first civilizations || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1985 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">26 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">5/12/2010 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">These title is 16 years old; these are no photographs of artifacts and no sense of how conclusions have been drawn about the objects. ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 CHA || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Tombs & treasure || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1994 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">17 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">3/21/2006 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">This is a duplicate, it has not circulated in over 5 years. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 CHA || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Tombs & treasure || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1994 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">17 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">4/5/2011 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">While title is old, it contains interesting illustrations and has circulated within the last year despite the fact that this curriculum was not taught this year. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 DIN || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">100 greatest archaeological discoveries || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1997 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">14 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">4/29/2009 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">This book has a great breadth and depth on the topic, but does need to be repaired is it is to continue in circulation. ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 EAR || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Early humans || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1989 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">22 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1/8/2010 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Title is 22 years old and is a duplicate; furthermore ancient man is not actually part of the curriculum therefore multiple copies are not justified. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 EYE || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Early humans || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">2000 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">11 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1/8/2010 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Title is in good condition, has some good pages on tools and processes of ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 LIP || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Dating dinosaurs and other old things || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1992 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">19 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1/20/2008 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Title is 19 years old. Illustrations of "sophisticated" computer equipment is very dated. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 MCI || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Archeology || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">2000 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">11 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1/16/2006 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">no || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Title in good condition; contains a clear description of archaeological tools and techniques. ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 MYS || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Mysteries of mankind || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1988 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">23 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">2/3/2011 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">The title is 23 years old and the content and images are dated. ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 SAI || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">The first settlements || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1986 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">25 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">5/17/2005 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Book is damaged and 15 years old. In addition the illustrations are old fashioned and would be unappealing to students. ||
 * <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; font-size: 8pt;">930.1 STO || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Stones and bones! : how archaeologists trace human origins || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1994 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">17 || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">1/16/2006 || <span style="color: #4f6228; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif; text-align: center;">yes || <span style="color: #4f6228; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face',serif;">Title is 17 years old and has not circulated since 2006. Images of computers and scientific equipment used in carbon dating is very old. ||