Collection Analysis Form
Name: Kassandra Munoz
Dewey Range Chosen: 641.5 Home Economics (Cooking Books)
APA citation
Jim Hinson Productions. (1996). In the kitchen with miss Weed This book while still somewhat
piggy: Fabulous recipes form my famous celebrity friends.
New York, NY: Time Life Education.
Archer, A. (Ed.). (2016). The chew: An essential guide to
cooking &entertaining. Los Angeles, CA: Kingswell.
Ferrare, C. (2011). Cristina Ferrare’s big bowl of love. New Keep This book is still in very good
York, NY: Sterling Epicure.
Taste of Home. (2016). Taste of home make it freeze it:
295 make-ahead meals that save time & money.
Milwaukee, WI: RDA Enthusiastic Branch, LCC
Culver, T; Iland, N. G. (Eds.). (1997). The murder she
wrote cookbook. Chicago, IL; Chicago News Press
Planck, N. (2014). The read food cookbook: Traditional
dishes for modern cooks. New York, NY: Bloomsbury
American Heart Association (1998). The new american
heart association cookbook 25th anniversary edition. New
York, NY: Random House
Sherwood, A. (2007). Allergy free cookbook.no eggs no
dairy. no nuts. no gluten. New York, NY: DK Publishing
Agatstan, A. (2010). The south beach diet: Super quick
cookbook. Rodale Press, Inc.
MEDT 6465 Selection (rev. 23 May 2017)
Weed/ CREW/MUSTIE Rationale
Keep?
relevant, focuses on celebrity
popularity that has waned and a TV
show (The Muppets) that is not as
popular as it once was.
Keep This book is still very new and in good
condition. It is up-to-date with a
popular TV show (The Chew) and has
popular, modern recipes.
condition and has modern recipes and
photography. This book does not
contain any fad diet ideas, which
keeps it relevant.
Keep This book contains very current
trends and is in good condition. The
photography is very modern and the
book references current social media.
Weed This book is based on an outdated TV
show’s cast and crew (Murder she
Wrote) and is no longer very relevant.
The book has been very well used and
in fair/poor condition.
Keep This book contains current ideas and
pictures, timeless recipes, and is in
good condition. The absence of fad
diets will keep this book relevant for
longer.
Weed This book has been well used and is in
poor condition (torn/dirty pages). This
book contains great information, but
should be replaced with an updated
version.
Keep This book follows current dietary
trends and is in good condition. The
photography still looks very modern
and relevant.
Weed This book contains out of date fad
diet ideas that are no longer really
relevant. The book is in fair condition
 and has been well used.
McDougall, N; Hendy, J. (2012). 300 step-by-step: Keep This book is very relevant with current
Cooking & gardening projects for kids. Wigson, pictures and timeless ideas and
Leicestershire LE: Lorez Books, Anness Publishing Inc. recipes.

Conversation with Media Specialist:

I visited Lithia Springs Public Library to complete this assignment. This library building is 34 years old.
Funding for the library comes from the Douglas County Board of Commissions and some from federal
funds. I spoke to Mrs. Katie Sellers Gordon whose title is Branch Librarian. She said she can spend
approximately $1,200 a month on children, adult fiction, and YA books and resources. She and the other
librarians base their purchases based on their patrons’ requests, audience needs, what needs to be
replaced and updated, current and popular titles, and best-selling authors. Mrs. Gordon said the library is
currently weeding and is in fact constantly weeding. She recommended the cooking book section for this
assignment because it was currently in the process of weeding along with many other sections. As a
branch of West Georgia Regional Library, these libraries have a 4-year weeding plan. Each month a
section will be weeded (except June for summer reading programs.) This library is lucky to have many
librarians and assistants, so they are able to continue to weed continually and they are able to spread the
work out. Mrs. Gordon liked this process because it gave her a guideline and path of when to weed as
well as the ability to keep the library constantly and consistently updating to meet the patrons needs. The
weeded books are then sold to the public at a very cheap cost (most around $0.10) to raise money for
programming classes for the public. These classes are offered for children and adults and are free. Books
are weeded based on their relevance, frequency of use/check-outs (at least 5 times a year), condition,
popularity, and audience/patron needs. Mrs. Gordon allowed me to take the picture of their weeding
outline below.

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