[LM_NET] Target: improving a very outdated collection

[Joanna Arkans <jarkans@HVC.RR.COM>]

Hello everyone,
I am in my first year at a high school that has a very outdated 
collection.  The average science book in the 500 section was published 
in the 1970's.  
I have been spending a lot of time working on the fiction section 
which was also very old and unappealing.  However, I feel the need to 
work on the non-fiction.  (Interestingly, the reference section is 
very large and current.  Apparently that was the focus in the past.)
So, I have been searching titlewave, looking to purchase some new 
science books, but I am quickly becoming overwhelmed.  Does anyone 
have a recommendation for a good way to update a whole section of 
their collection?  Going book by well-reviewed book seems very time-
consuming and overwhelming.  I did start with the science teachers, 
who had very little input and don't really seem to use the library at 
this point.
Any advice from anyone who has inherited a very outdated collection 
would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Joanna Arkans
Library Media Specialist
New Paltz High School
New Paltz, NY
JArkans@hvc.rr.com

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