Library Collection Maintenance List & Faculty Review Form

Beginning June 1, 2020 the Wolfgram Memorial Library embarked on the first systematic and comprehensive evaluation of its print book collection which will result in the removal of out-of-date and underused materials. This webpage provides new deselection lists each month. Faculty will have the opportunity to review book deselection lists and submit retention requests.

This deselection project is a three-step review process:

STEP 1*: Collection comparison software (GreenGlass) identifies books in the library that:

• were added to the collection prior to 2010;
• AND have not been circulated for more than 10 years;
• AND are widely available at other libraries (10+ in the U.S., 5+ in PA) and can be obtained through interlibrary loan if needed. This criteria ensures we retain rare items. 

STEP 2: Subject librarians review these potential withdrawals and decide which books to retain. These books are then removed from the review lists.

STEP 3: Library posts deselection lists on the project webpage for final faculty review.

*Some subject areas such as the sciences and humanities used slightly different criteria as appropriate.