Lots of weeding the last few days. It's that time of year.

This year I've picked on the civil engineering and building/architecture type stuff which looks like it's been long overlooked. (We did no weeding last year thanks to moving almost all of the stock).

It's different - having to involve the academics - but once I get into it I quite enjoy the process and it certainly improves the looks of the shelves somewhat making the stock look more attractive (and hopefully useful) to students.

It just seems a shame that books have to come to the end of their natural life. But when it's not been borrowed in ten years or more (my record was 1985 for a last stamped date), it's probably not going to be greatly missed.

It will be interesting to see what, if anything, the academics decide can't be thrown away.