Dear colleagues,
Do any of you have a policy on deaccessioning volumes from your rare books holdings or special collections (e.g. archives or artist books) -- either a separate policy or as part of your collections development policy? Has there been any discussion at your institution of the need for such a thing? Alternatively, are such library holdings covered by your museum's deaccessioning policy? I'm thinking not of weeding but of a rigorous process that would be analagous to that followed by museums for divesting works of art.
I'd appreciate hearing your comments on this topic or, better yet, seeing examples of a policy.
Thanks in advance for sharing your wisdom!
Karen McKenzie
Chief Librarian
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St. W.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5T 1G4
T 416-979-6660 Ext. 389
F 416-979-6602
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