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Session 6 - Reading Assignment

  • Iowa Public Library Director’s Handbook, chapters 9
  • The CREW Method, skim p. 1-32, 49-55.  You may do this online if you prefer.
  • In Service to Iowa, Chapter 3 
  • Small Libraries: Organizations and Operation, Chapter 3
  • Overview of Collection Development Collection Development Training for Arizona Libraries, skim this website to see what it includes. 
  • Gniewek, Debra, "Worn Tomes Set the Wrong Tone," American Libraries (December, 2000): 32.
  • Huston, Kathleen Raab, "How To Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Saying No to Donations," The Bottom Line, v. 3, no. 1 (1989): 14-17.  Although this article is from 1989, it is still relevant today.  [In your Resource packet.]
  • Oder, Norman "Weeding Puts Fairfax Under Fire," Library Journal (February 15, 2007): 17-18.  See Additional Resources for the original Washington Post article, along with other commentaries.
  • Sullivan, Michael, "Giving Them What They Want in Small Public Libraries," Public Libraries (May/June, 2000): 148-155.  [In your Resource packet.]

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