If a book is damaged beyond repair
1. Weed the book and take it out of Destiny
2. Write down the bar code in the Weeded Items Notebook (explained below)
3. Throw the book away
Mrs. Deep keeps a Weeded Items Notebook to store old bar codes that can be used for books that are entering the library's collection. Mrs. Deep stressed to me the importance of never, under any circumstance, have a book or library item that has the same bar code as another item. She said it creates a HUGE headache. For example, if you have two books that are exactly the same, you need two different bar codes. If they have the same bar code, you cannot tell which student is responsible for which book. She said that in the past, students would lose or damage their book and then just find someone else who had the same book and take their copy. There was no way to prove that this happened because they had the same bar codes!
If the book is weeded due to inaccurate info, age, or if it's not a curricular need
1. Weed the book and take it out of Destiny
2. Write down the bar codes
3. Offer the weeded books to teachers
4. Save the books and give to students/parents at the school's Open House and/or Academic Night
Mrs. Deep then showed me how to weed the book and take it out of the system on Destiny. She did not have any books at the time that needed to be weeded, but she said that when she did, she would call me so that I could go through the entire process. I'm so grateful that she offers the weeded books to the students, teachers, and parents. I know it is a hassle to hold and store books, but I know that there are many who really appreciate the opportunity to acquire the books that she weeds from her library's collection.
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