Weeding

Our shelves in the Abbotsford library are bulging and overburdened, so we're undergoing a project to weed the Theatre collection. The following lists of titles are provided for your consideration.

You will notice that most of the books are old and have not gone out for 10 years. There are some items that are not so old and have circulated recently but these items are duplicated in Chilliwack or Abbotsford or perhaps they are just out of date. 

Deadline for response: January 16, 2026

We don't want to do this without your input, because no one knows the curriculum and our student needs better than you.

To recommend a title or titles for retention:

1. Download the spreadsheet.
2. Add your comments in the Comments column. Please remember that this is a curriculum-focused collection, and our goal is to support current and developing curriculum, as well as student research areas. It's helpful to know which course(s) or program area(s) these resources will support.
3. Email your revised spreadsheet to diane.cruickshank@ufv.ca by the stated deadline.

Books that we weed from our collection are distributed in a number of ways:

1. We send as many titles as we can to Better World Books, a non-profit that finds new homes for library books and uses the funds raised to support libraries literacy.
2. We put as many remaining items as we can on our book sale cart; funds raised are used to purchase replacement copies for lost of damaged items.
3. Items that remain on our book sale cart for a prescribed length of time are offered for free.
4. We recycle any damaged items.

Videos are recycled (to the extent that we can recycle them), as the format is obsolete.

If you have questions or concerns about the disposition of items weeded from our collection, please contact  Martin Warkentin, Collections Librarian.