Routine collection maintenance

Deaccession & Weeding Pickup

Keep your collection current without the disposal hassle. We haul away weeded and withdrawn books for free.

Weeding keeps a collection healthy, but the books you pull still have to go somewhere. Carts stack up, the back room fills, and staff lose hours figuring out what to do with it all. We take care of that part.

Let us know when your withdrawn books are ready and we come get them. One-time projects or a standing schedule, whatever keeps your shelves in good shape.

A box of withdrawn books ready for pickup

We fit how you already weed

Every library does this a little differently, so we work around your process instead of handing you ours.

  • One-time pickups for a big weeding push or a CREW or MUSTIE cycle
  • Recurring pickups, quarterly or monthly or on call, so carts never pile up
  • No need to pre-sort or inventory; pull the books and set them aside
  • Timing that works around your staffing and open hours

We take what other services won't

Outdated, damaged, and low-value books are the hardest to get rid of, and they're exactly what we take. There's no cherry-picking. If you weeded it, we'll haul it.

A disposal answer you can stand behind

Weeded books stay out of the trash entirely, which is an easy thing to explain to a patron who asks or a board that wants the numbers.

Set up weeding pickups

Tell us how often you weed and we'll keep your withdrawn books moving out, for free.