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Libraries Have So Many Books – And Librarians Have To Toss Them

WORDS Posted: June 1, 2014 11:00 am

“At the heart of the [weeding] method is a formula consisting of three factors—the number of years since the last copyright, the number of years since the book was last checked out, and a collection of six negative factors given the acronym MUSTIE, to help decide if a book has outlived its usefulness.”

WORDS Published: 05.30.14

Read the story in Medium Published: 05.30.14

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