Module 2: Maintaining The Depository Collection

Preparing a Discard List

Each regional has its own requirements for preparing discard lists, but usually they are arranged in SuDocs order and include:
  • current item number
  • title or series title
  • SuDocs class number
  • holdings
The regional depository checks the list for publications missing from its collection. The selective then offers what is left to other depository libraries in the area served by the regional

Documents may then be discarded if there are no takers. GPO encourages depositories to go one step further by offering publications through the national "Needs and Offers" list, available at:

 

http://docs.sewanee.edu/nando.html

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