Deacquisitions, deaccessioning or just good ol’ fashioned weeding

I am in the process of deaccessioning/weeding the CSC Library collection and preparing for our first library sale. I also work at the SFPL, where the practice of  deaccessioning is always a hot, and at times emotional,  issue to our patrons. People do not want to hear that we “dispose” of  books– but it is…