Abstract
Urban Community colleges face a unique constraint on students. The price of textbooks has skyrocketed in recent years, forcing our students to incorporate additional expenses in order to gain access to class material. College libraries play a crucial role in facilitating students with access to reserve collections, however, library policies do not always assist students in the most practical way. Using a reserve collection that was overloaded with copies and older editions of popular textbooks titles, this case study illustrates how weeding a reserve collection can facilitate an event where students can take copies of textbooks for themselves. Moreover, this study illustrates an additional method in assisting students in their academic pursuits while boasting the prescience of the library to new and current students.
Recommended Citation
Delgado, J. (2021). Weeding into Outreach: A Case Study using an Urban Community College’s Reserve Collection. Urban Library Journal, 26 (2). Retrieved from https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ulj/vol26/iss2/2