Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Weeding books, On the practice of

C'mon! Nobody weeds books anymore! This is another arcane library expression that should be purged (or weeded?) from your professional vocabulary. Withdrawing titles is also a little too pedestrian.

SOLUTION: You should de-select monographs instead. This subtle semantic change will validate your status as a library scientist and make you feel like the professional you truly are.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

...and that's why it's library science, not rocket science.

Anonymous said...

I prefer de-acquisition...

nelibrarian said...

Weeding is a perfectly fine word. De-select and de-acquisition are for the constipated...

Amy said...

Weeding is my absolute favorite activity in my public liberry-

http://lovetheliberry.blogspot.com

Vampire Librarian said...

Funny, I use 'recycle' and even that's a lie. I'm not allowed to. I have to disguise the books and secretly transport them to the dumpster.