Do you know the Awful Library Books blog, where two Michigan librarians share the awful, must-weed (NOT must read!) books from libraries around the world?

They appeared this week on Jimmy Kimmel Live.  Watch it here and hear Jimmy make an end-of-clip shoutout to Michigan libraries!

Now … what’s your worst weed?  When I first arrived at the school where I work now, I weeded Homes of the Presidents (including Kennedy - very much alive), Famous Handicapped People, a computer catalog lovingly filed for 25 years (glad to know there’s a source for 10″ floppies), a book with a fetus stamped onto the library-bound cover, and a book extolling the virtues of the Ford Escort.

I follow my Follett rep’s advice and keep the 10 worst things I’ve weeded.  (He says that way, if anyone ever complains about weeding, you can, with a poker face, ask if the complainer would like you to put Some Day, Man Will Walk On the Moon back on the shelf!)

How about you — worst weeds?

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