Alaska Bush Library Service

We are currently weeding the district media center. I think this is the least liked job for all librarians. I have just pulled all the software that can’t be read by our current computers and come to a decision that I shouldn’t be supplying software for check out. There isn’t enough use in it to justify the cost. Another item that is being pulled from my library are videos that were taped off educational television in about 1986. It is kind of fun to watch these tapes and see the styles from my teen years, but they definitely don’t need to be watched by students. The information has changed.

Pluto – Weeding takes on a new thought process when you think of Pluto. Do all materials that refered to Pluto as a planet need to go away now? Can it be a great teaching experience for teachers to explain that science is a changing field? Finally, do you think that the people who declared Pluto to not be a planet are the same ones that will write the new textbooks.