The following criteria were used to guide our decisions in determining which government documents would remaining in our physical collection.
Criteria for deselection:
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Print materials currently available in a usable and findable format online
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Print materials that provide outdated consumer information (ie grant application instructions or social security enrollment instructions)
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Obsolete media formats (floppy disc, cassette)
Criteria for retention:
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Materials related to Williamsburg, Tidewater Virginia, and the Chesapeake Bay
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Materials not available or difficult to use/read online
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Materials for genealogical research, included microfilmed census records
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Heavily illustrated materials, like exhibition catalogs
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Most microforms
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Materials published by the Congressional Budget Office, as part of the ASERL collaboration