Deselection

I quickly became overwhelmed with the entire 500 section in our library.  It was in DESPERATE need of deselection work as most of the books in it were 10-15 years old, some (probably 25%) even older than 15 years.  I decided to focus in on the 520s - astronomy.  I chose this because it was particularly bad and out of date AND 3 out of the 6 grades use this section as part of their common core curriculum.  Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment.  The Lowe method definitely speaks to my OCD and logical nature because it is so straightforward and black/white.  The hardest part for me was that the section that I was working in was SO bad that the challenge was deciding what needed to be weeded out first and what could wait longer.  Ultimately, I chose the materials that presented wrong information first (Pluto as a planet) as opposed to the oldest dates.  It is a bit overwhelming that, as a librarian, you have to have a lot of detailed knowledge of many different things in order to know what materials are presenting wrong information vs. what materials can wait a little longer.