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Deselection Projects
University Libraries strives to manage the collections to best meet the needs of campus, including deselecting items that meet specific criteria.
Deselection Projects, Introduction
Books - link to spreadsheets for review here
Journals
Government Publications
Skinner Music Library
Special Collections
Further Reading and link to open forum recording
Files from Open Forum held 10/14/22
Recording of presentation
Recording of presentation given at the open forum and recorded via Zoom. Slides did not share with Zoom for the entire presentation.
Presentation PowerPoint
Current spreadsheet for review
HD58 to HD2336 (industries)
Requests to retain will be accepted through 1/15/25.
Criteria developed for Project Starting in 2022
Items will be added to a review spreadsheet if they meet all three of the following criteria:
Added to the University Libraries collection before 1997
Has not been checked out since 1997
Is owned by another
Prospector
library
Past spreadsheets (2024-
E1 to E175 (United States and American general history)
Requests to retain on this list will be accepted through 1/15/24.
E175.1 to E271 (United States history - general through Colonial period)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through January 31, 2024.
E273 through E881 (United States history - Revolutionary War through the 20th Century)
Requests to retain will be accepted through 2/15/24.
D3 to D815 (General World History ancient through WWII)
Requests to retain for this list will be accepted through 2/29/24.
D813 to DC273 (World History and European History)
Requests to retain items on this list will be accepted through March 15, 2024.
DC276 through DR (European history)
Requests to retain for this list will be accepted through March 31, 2024.
DS (Asian history)
Requests to retain for this list will be accepted through April 15, 2024
DT and DU (History of Africa and Oceania)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through April 30, 2024.
C (Auxiliary Sciences of History)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through May 15, 2024.
BL to BX (Religion)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through May 31, 2024.
BF701 to BJ (Psychology, Aesthetics, Ethics)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through June 15, 2024.
BF233 to BF700 (Psychology)
Requests to retain will be accepted through June 30, 2024.
BC to BF209 (logic, philosophy, psychology)
Requests to retain will be accepted through July 15, 2024
B (Philosophy)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through July 31, 2024
G to GB (geography and cartography)
Requests to retain will be accepted through August 15, 2024.
GC to GT (oceanography, environmental science, anthropology, folklore, manners & customs)
Requests to retain will be accepted through August 31, 2024
GV (sports and leisure)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through September 15, 2024
T to TH (Engineering and Construction)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through September 30, 2024.
TJ to TL (engineering and motor vehicles)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through October 15, 2024.
TN to TX (mining, photography, manufactures, arts & crafts, home economics)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through October 31, 2024
H to HB (general social sciences, statistics, economic theory)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through November 15, 2024.
HC 10 to HC 335 (economic history)
Requests to retain will be accepted through November 30, 2024.
HC336 to HD57 (economic history, industries)
Requests to retain items in this list will be accepted through 12/15/24.
Past spreadsheets (beginning of project through 2023)
A (General Works)
U (Military Science)
V (Naval Science)
Z (Library Science)
S (Agriculture)
Requests will be accepted on this list through October 31, 2022
First K list (general law through laws of the United States)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through November 15, 2022
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Call numbers for this list are K1 through KF3828
Second K list (laws of the United States through international law)
Requests for retention will be accepted for this list through November 30, 2022.
JS to JX (local government, emigration, immigration, and international law)
Requests for retention will be accepted through December 16, 2022.
J through JF (legislative papers, general political science and political theory)
Requests for retention will be accepted for this list through 1/15/23.
JK (Political institutions and public administration - United States)
Requests to retain material on this list will be accepted through January 31, 2023.
JL through JQ (Political institutions outside of the USA)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through 2/15/2023
Q11 through Q183 (general science and study and teaching of science)
Requests for retention will be accepted for this list through February 28th
Q183.1 through QA274 (general science, mathematics, computer science)
Requests to retain will be accepted through 3/15/23.
QA274.2 through QB809 (mathematics and astronomy)
Requests to retain will be accepted through 3/31/23.
QB815 through QC311 (astronomy and physics)
Requests to retain for this list will be accepted through April 17, 2023
QC311.5 through QD42 (physics and chemistry)
Requests to retain QD titles will be accepted through 4/30/23. The Physics Department is taking all the books in QC.
QD43 through QD543 (chemistry)
Requests to retain will be taken through 5/15/23
QD544 through QE509 (chemistry and geology
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through 5/31/23
QE511 through QH366 (geology, natural history, and biology)
Requests to retain items on this list will be accepted through June 15, 2023.
QH366.2 through QK539 (biology and botany)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through June 30, 2023.
QK541 through QL669.2 (Botany and Zoology)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through July 15, 2023.
QL671 through QP351 (Zoology, Human Anatomy, and Physiology)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through July 31, 2023.
QP352 through QR360 (Physiology and Microbiology)
Requests to retain on this list will be accepted through August 15th.
R15 through RC423 (general medicine, pathology, and internal medicine)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through September 15, 2023.
RC424 through RC925.7 (Internal Medicine - including Psychiatry)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through September 30, 2023.
RC927 to RJ245 (internal medicine, otorhinolaryngology, OBGYN, and pediatrics)
Requests to retain will be accepted through October 15, 2023
RJ249 to RT52 (Pediatrics, Dentistry, Pharmacology, and Nursing)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through October 31, 2023.
RT55 through RZ460 (Nursing, Botanic Medicine, Homeopathy)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through November 15, 2023.
F2 to F785 (U.S. Local History - including Colorado)
Requests to retain will be accepted for this list through November 30, 2023.
F786 to F3799 (US local history, British America, French America, Spanish America, Latin America)
Requests to retain will be accepted through December 15, 2023.
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