Sydney J. Pierce, PhD, MLS, is a professor at the School of Library and Information Studies of the University of Oklahoma. She has taught library school courses in reference and collection development at Emory University, Indiana University, UCLA, and, as a Fulbright lecturer, at the Federal University of Minas Gérais in Brazil. She has also worked in reference in academic and public libraries. Dr. Pierce is a member of the American Library Association, the Society for Social Studies of Science, and the Association for Library and Information Science Education.

• Contents Weeding and Maintenance of Reference Collections: Editor’s IntroductionThe Responsive Reference Collection: Planning for Service Versus Self-Service in the Reference Area Evaluation of Corporate Reference Collections Applying the Fairfax Plan to Reference Collection Management: A Strategy Reference Collection Development Using the RLG Conspectus Weeding and Evaluating the Reference Collection: A Sns: A Review and Case Study A Program for the Systematic Weeding of the Reference Collection “Let’s Get Rid of It”: A Reference Librarian’s Battle Cry Managing the Reference Collection: The Practice of Pruning

Sydney J. Pierce, PhD, MLS, is a professor at the School of Library and Information Studies of the University of Oklahoma. She has taught library school courses in reference and collection development at Emory University, Indiana University, UCLA, and, as a Fulbright lecturer, at the Federal University of Minas Gérais in Brazil. She has also worked in reference in academic and public libraries. Dr. Pierce is a member of the American Library Association, the Society for Social Studies of Science, and the Association for Library and Information Science Education.

• Contents Weeding and Maintenance of Reference Collections: Editor’s IntroductionThe Responsive Reference Collection: Planning for Service Versus Self-Service in the Reference Area Evaluation of Corporate Reference Collections Applying the Fairfax Plan to Reference Collection Management: A Strategy Reference Collection Development Using the RLG Conspectus Weeding and Evaluating the Reference Collection: A Sns: A Review and Case Study A Program for the Systematic Weeding of the Reference Collection “Let’s Get Rid of It”: A Reference Librarian’s Battle Cry Managing the Reference Collection: The Practice of Pruning