Use(s)This report is used at the end of the year to identify what potentially needs to be removed from your library. Weeding gives you more shelf space for new materials and raises the average publication year of your collection when you discard outdated items. There are several weeding methods: - No usage. Enter 0 through 0 in the Copies with Life to Date Usage of selection.
- Little usage. To see items checked out fewer than 10 times, enter 0 through 10 in the Copies with Life to Date Usage of selection. In the Options tab, choose to sort by LTD Usage.
- Copies in poor condition. Choose Used in Poor Condition in the Copies with a Condition of selection dropdown menu.
- Copies obtained a long time ago. Enter a date range or relative date in the Copies added selection. Note that you are selecting the date you want to see, not the date you don't want to see. For example, to get a Weeding List of books your library has had more than 5 years, you would use the date range of March 1990 (or some earlier date) to March 2016.
Once you decide which items need to be removed, run them through Discard Mode. Then run a Discarded Copies report to make sure you want to permanently removed those items from your library. Finally, run a Remove Discarded Copies utility to remove those items. Selections | Options | Example Report |