Government Documents Weeking

List of government documents to be discarded from the Library Collection

Please have a look at the following government documents to see if any of them should be kept in the library collection. If you want a particular item to remain in the collection please contact Chris Hurst by email Hurst@brandonu.ca or phone 727-9688 by March 30 2012.  If there are no objections these government documents will be removed permanently from the library. 

Click here for the complete list of government documents (69 titles) in pdf

SENATE LIBRARY POLICY ON WEEDING

Weeding or deselection, the process whereby items are removed from the library collection, is an important part of collection management and is done in order to facilitate collection use and to use shelf space efficiently.

Items which will be considered for weeding are the following:

• Multiple copies
• Superseded editions
• Incomplete sets
• Individual issues and short or scattered runs of periodicals
• Outdated material
• Obsolete media
• Works which are irrelevant to the curriculum

Criteria to be considered when evaluating items for removal are:

• Value to the collection
• Physical condition
• Age

Weeding will be done on an ongoing basis. The library staff will select items for weeding. All items selected for weeding will be posted on the website for one month. Faculty will be notified by email and have an opportunity to present reasons why an item should not be weeded. Final authority to weed will rest with the University Librarian.

Approved by Senate, June 15, 2004