The objective of this research is to study the weeding in academic libraries. The research covers weeding policy (including policy maker, details of policy, written or unwritten policy, library materials to be weeded, weeding frequency, staff) ; weeding criterias ; and, withdrawal methods. The research findings are that most of academic libraries have no weeding policy, but they practice weeding. The libraries that have weeding policy, almost all have unwritten policy. The policy is developed by library administrators. The library materials mostly weeded are ranked as : newspapers, general books, and periodicals. For the frequency, librarians conduct weeding continuously, occasionally, and in routine work. The weeding staffs are librarian, especially librarians who are responsible for collection development Librarians use various criterias to identify the weeded items. Criteria mostly used is physical conditions, age, and content accordingly. Most of the books weeded are donated to other libraries. Results from this research are of useful as guidance to libraries that would like to weed but have no weeding policy no practice. Also libraries that have practiced weeding can improve their weeding practice
