Red Feather Mountain Library District
Deselection of Materials Policy

Reviewed and approved by the Red Feather Mountain Board of Trustees Jan. 24,
2023.

The Library’s selection of material reflects the needs and interests of the
community. This is detailed in the Library’s Collection Management Policy.
Due to limitations of space and arrangement, new materials must often displace
existing materials. Titles may be removed from the Library’s collection due to:

● Poor physical, worn, or mutilated conditions
● Materials which contain obsolete or outdated information
● Superseded editions of specific titles
● Materials no longer of interest or demand

Deselection of Library materials, known as “weeding,” is an essential part of
maintaining a useful collection. The Library follows “weeding” guidelines from
current, authoritative sources and criteria defined in the Red Feather Mountain
Library District Collection Management Policy.
Item use is a primary determinant of member interest and value. Item use can be
used as criteria in determining whether materials will be retained or otherwise
returned to the community, sold, donated, or removed.
Items removed from the collection are not necessarily devoid of merit; rather, they
are removed for reasons related to one or more of the above bullet points.
Selection and the removal of titles is the responsibility of the Library Director or
delegated Library staff members.

References:
ALA Weeding Guidelines (2018)
The CREW Manual: A weeding manual for modern libraries (2012)
Slote, Stanley J., Weeding Library Collections, 4th ed. Libraries Unlimited, 1997

Revision history:
Reviewed and adopted by the Red Feather Lakes Board of Trustees, Jan. 24, 2023.
Reviewed by the Red Feather Lakes Board of Trustees, Apr. 22, 2020.
Reviewed by the Red Feather Lakes Board of Trustees, Apr. 26, 2017.
Reviewed by the Red Feather Lakes Board of Trustees, Apr. 23, 2014.
Reviewed and adopted by the Red Feather Lakes Board of Trustees, Feb. 23, 2011.