Weeding
and discarding inapplicable hardware/software/equipment is a very important
facet to the maintenance of an efficient computer collection. This will
be done during inventory, at regularly scheduled intervals, and at any time equipment has problems or needs maintenance.
Criteria
to be considered include:
1. physical condition
2. relevancy
3. appropriate level
4. usefulness in the curriculum
5. availability of repair parts
6. cost of repairs
7. compatibility of hardware with new available software
Person(s)
responsible for making the decisions on discarding hardware/software are:
1. Campus Principals and Technology Director
Procedure
to be used in discarding any hardware/software:
1. carefully consider the above criteria
2. make a list of all materials to be removed
3. inform the Technology Coordinator on each campus to see if there
is a need elsewhere for said items
4. after campus Principal
approval, contact the Business Manager for authorization to remove or dispose
of equipment.
5. items valued at more than $100.00 will be sold by bid with
proceeds being deposited to the technology budget