Weeding the collection was a contentious issue when I worked in a private school library - the 400 items we removed from circulation were placed in several black garbage bags and each library staff member and a few sympathetic teachers took one or two each to dispose of at home. This action was taken as the previous time the school weeded, books were found in a dumpster at the school and there was quite a hoo-ha about school fees and throwing out perfectly good books.
I thought the attached blog articulated the reasons for weeding in an easy-to-understand fashion. I don't know that we have the same issues here at MSIT, but the points are well-made.
http://perfectwhole.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/i-cant-believe-youre-throwing-out-books/
