Resources for NC Federal Depository Libraries: Needs & Offers
N & O Procedures
Before proceeding with offers, please make sure to review the guidance outlined in the FDLP Weeding a Depository Collection document. This document details the three qualifications for weeding:
- Superseded publications *do not need to offer superseded materials
- Substituted publications
- 5-year rule
- ASERL Documents Disposition DatabaseLOGIN REQUIRED
Offered documents are to be posted to the ASERL database, with a selection period given first to the Regional and then to other libraries. Offers remain in the database for 45 days, after which materials may be discarded. - FDLP eXchangeOffers with a publication date of 1907 or earlier are to be posted on this list after the ASERL time frame. Items must be posted for a minimum of 30 days.
After the offer cycle, withdrawn materials may be donated to another library or institution, recycled, or placed in the trash. Libraries MAY NOT make any money on the sale of material.
Exceptions
Microfiche do not need to be offered, as long as materials fall within the scope of GPO's guidance. However:
- Please do inform the Regional librarian if you are weeding large runs of your fiche collection; there may be portions of interest to other libraries.
- Please notify the Regional librarian if you are discarding microfiche hearings (Y4s), for which UNC is an ASERL Center of Excellence.
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