[Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webcast on July 9

[Linda Rodenspiel]

A reminder of the next Infopeople 
webcast.  Please let your friends and colleagues know about this event!

Title:  Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection

Date and time: July 9, 2007, 12pm - 1pm

This webcast will last approximately an hour. 
There is no charge for Infopeople webcasts.  Pre-registration is not required.

For more information and to participate in the July 9 webcast, go to
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/202/index.html


Weeding is a necessary­and, for some, a worrisome 
collection maintenance task. What to keep? What 
to weed? Where to start? And how can weeding 
happen in a library without its users wondering 
why materials are being withdrawn? In fact, 
weeding can be the answer to stimulating 
circulation, and weeding is a requirement for 
keeping your collection vigorous and useful. 
Weeding eliminates the outdated, the superceded, 
the irreparably damaged, and the material that 
simply doesn't fit the scope of your collection. 
In return your library's collection can look 
better, be easier for users to navigate, and come 
through on its promise to provide real value to 
the library's community. How to plan both ongoing 
and quick weeding projects, the basic tools that 
assist intelligent weeding, and budgeting both 
the time and money needed to weed successfully will be discussed.

Speaker:  Francisca Goldsmith.  Francisca is the 
Collection Management and Promotion Librarian at 
Berkeley Public Library. Formerly a reference 
librarian working with adult collections in 
religion, social sciences, and literature, she 
has also provided direct service to teens and 
coordinated teen services at Berkeley Public 
Library. She has planned and implemented weeding 
projects related to ongoing maintenance as well 
as to library relocation, space issues, and 
collection neglect, in both public and school 
libraries. She has worked with school 
administrators and with public library staffs who 
have needed appropriate training to support local weeding projects.


Infopeople's funding limits attendance at live 
webcasts to anyone in the California library 
community.  If you are outside California, please 
do not register for the live event.  However, you 
are welcome to see the archived version the day 
following the webcast.  Check our archive listing at:
http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived

Please do not cross post this announcement to any national list.

Webcast:  Weeding to Achieve a Healthier Collection
Date: July 9, 2007
Time:  12pm - 1pm
Speaker: Francisca Goldsmith