Receipt Printers and Collection Management (weeding)

[William Gray <wgray@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

    We are a library with approximately 65,000 patrons and around 200,000 library materials. We are currently upgrading our circulation desks with receipt printers to replace our old date-due stamps. My question is targeted to libraries of a size comparable to our own who also use receipt printers--how do you manage your collection (in terms of "weeding")? In other words, without the date-due stamp to use as a reference to see how long ago a particular item has circulated, how do you go about the task of weeding items from the shelves?

 

If possible, please reply to my own e-mail address as well as the IUG list.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Sincerely,

 

William Gray
Clerk A, Lending Services
Greenwich Library
101 West Putnam Ave.
Greenwich, CT 06830

(203)625-6541
wgray@xxxxxxxxxx