exercise 15

I understood the article about not "keeping the just in case". We have been going through an heavily weeding process at our library. We had some things in our collection that were so outdated but people just could not part with "because just in case someone" needed it. We had the same problem at my old library. It is really had to get rid of books. We have so many get resource on the web that we can use but it is so hard to give up the notion of having something physical in your hands. I know we have to move forward. I know technology is the key to success (and great patron service) when you have a small library. It is really great when you can pull some bizarre article off a Gale Group Infotrac for that 4th grader, but it is also wonderful to curl up in front of the fireplace with the newest Christopher Moore book and your patron can not get that from a laptop.