Rising to the Occasion: Curating Circulating Collections Beginning with a Test Prep Book Deselection Project

Abstract

Literature and experience in health sciences librarianship show that currency is key when providing resources to students enrolled in health sciences degree programs. With frequent updates to board exams for health sciences students and residents, ensuring the most current test preparation books for libraries that provide those materials, would be of greatest aid to test takers to study the most up to date material for their board exams. This health sciences library undertook a project to analyze print books for a test preparation and health science educational material weeding project.