CD-Policy


 * Collection Development Policy**

Objective
Resources selected by the Library Media Center (LMC) professional staff must serve both the breadth of the curriculum and the needs and interests of individual students and staff by accommodating a wide range of abilities and respecting diverse points of view. (Park Hill School District)

Responsibility for Selection It is the responsibility and the aim of the district, through the Board of Education, to provide circulating material and reference service to meet or supplement the needs of the students and teachers in the school system. Selection of Media Center resources is the responsibility of the LMC professional staff, in cooperation with other professional staff, and subject to the approval of the building principal. Library Media Center professional staff will solicit recommendations of purchase from administrators,teachers, students, district personnel, parents, and community persons. (Park Hill School District) Crite﻿ria (ALA) (ALA)
 * Staff members involved in selection of resource materials shall** **use the following criteria as a guide:**
 * educational significance
 * contribution the subject matter makes to the curriculum and to the interests of the students
 * favorable reviews found in standard selection sources
 * favorable recommendations based on preview and examination of materials by professional personnel
 * reputation and significance of the author, producer, and publisher
 * validity, currency, and appropriateness of material
 * contribution the material makes to breadth of representative viewpoints on controversial issues
 * high degree of potential user appeal
 * high artistic quality and/or literary style
 * quality and variety of format
 * value commensurate with cost and/or need
 * timeliness or permanence
 * integrity
 * The following recommended lists shall be consulted in the selection of materials, but selection is not limited to their listings:**
 * //Bibliographies (latest editions available, including supplements)//**
 * //American Historical Fiction//
 * //Basic Book Collection for Elementary Grades//
 * //The Best in Children’s Books//
 * //Children and Books//
 * //Children’s Catalog//
 * //Elementary School Library Collection//
 * //European Historical Fiction and Biography//
 * //Guide to Sources in Educational Media//
 * //Junior High School Catalog//
 * //Reference Books for School Libraries//
 * //Subject Guide to Children’s Books in Print//
 * //Subject Index to Books for Intermediate Grades//
 * //Subject Index to Books for Primary Grades//
 * //Westinghouse Learning Directory//
 * and as part of the vertical file index, other special bibliographies, many of which have been prepared by educational organizations for particular subject matter areas.
 * //Current reviewing media://**
 * //AASA Science Books and Films//
 * //American Film & Video Association Evaluations//
 * //Booklist//
 * //Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books//
 * //Horn Book//
 * //Kirkus Reviews//
 * //School Library Journal//

Procedures﻿ //﻿// The superintendent of schools of each independent school district shall appoint a local textbook committee consisting of not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) teachers employed in the public schools of the district, of which a majority thereof shall be classroom teachers, and one (1) lay member, and the superintendent of schools or a principal designated by him shall serve as chairman of such local textbook committee. Those texts used uniformly throughout the District are referred to as system adopted texts and are selected for the subject areas by a vote of the teachers of those subjects. The majority are selected from the list approved by the State Board of Education. (Norman Public Schools)
 * Textbooks**

Materials for media centers are selected by the professional media staff with due regard to suggestions from the faculty, parents, and students. Final selection is made by the media specialists of the school in which the center is housed. Professionally recognized reviewing periodicals, standard catalogs, and other selection aids are used by the media specialists and the faculty to guide them in their selection. (ALA)
 * Library Resource Materials**

Subjects which are topics of criticism are carefully considered before selection for library resource center shelves
 * Non-Fiction**

Among these are:
 * 1) Religion - Factual unbiased materials representing all major religions may be included. Bibles and other sacred writings are acceptable. Publications from religious bodies may be selected if they have general value or appear in magazine indexes.
 * 2) Ideologies - Factual information about ideologies or philosophies of current or continuing interest may be included.
 * 3) Science - Medical and scientific knowledge suitable to the developmental stage of the students should be made available without any biased selection of facts. (Norman Public Schools)

Weeding is essential to maintaining a relevant, attractive collection. Professional library staff should periodically review the collection to determine which materials should be removed or replaced. Materials to consider for weeding include items that are in poor physical condition or have been superseded by more current information, and those containing subject matter no longer needed to support the curriculum; receiving little use; providing wrong, inaccurate or dated information; or encouraging stereotypes or biases. The District Department of Libraries and Information Services shall post specific guidelines for weeding on its department web site. Weeding decisions should be made by the school’s professional library staff, who may consult with school administrators, other teachers, students, parents, and staff of the District Department of Libraries and Information Services. (Chicago Public Schools) Gift books and materials must meet the same selection criteria as materials purchased with Board of Education funds**.** Once accepted by the district, these materials become the property of the District. (Norman Public Schools) The Board acknowledges the interests of parents, students, teachers, librarians, administrators and other members of the school community in library resources. When a challenge is raised about materials that are maintained in a library (collectively, “complaint”), the librarian needs to consider the individual’s interest in expressing a complaint, the requirements set out in this policy, and the principles of Intellectual Freedom as expressed in the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights and its interpretation for school libraries. If the complaint cannot be resolved through an informal telephone conference or meeting between the complainant and the librarian or principal, as appropriate, the following procedure must be followed:
 * Weeding**
 * Gift Books and Materials**
 * Procedure for Challenges to Library Resources**
 * 1) The complainant will receive a copy of this policy and the [[file:Reconsideration Form.docx]]. The signed and completed form must be submitted before further action is taken. If the librarian or principal does not receive a completed and signed form within two weeks, he or she may consider the matter to be resolved.
 * 2) Upon receipt of a signed and completed complaint, the librarian shall notify the school’s Area library coordinator in the Department of Libraries and Information Services. Within ten (10) school days of receipt of the complaint, the Area library coordinator will form a review committee with the librarian and principal and will meet or confer about it.
 * 3) The review committee will determine whether the material that is challenged or requested meets the criteria for selection set forth in this collection development policy.
 * 4) The written decision of the committee will be sent to the complainant within 30 days of receipt of the complaint.
 * 5) The complainant may challenge the committee’s decision by making a written appeal to the Director of the Department of Libraries and Information Services (Director). The Director will provide the District Assistant Superintendant of the involved school a copy of the Complaint, the committee’s decision, and the written appeal. With input from the Asst. Superintendant, the Director will render a final decision on the appeal.
 * 6) Complaintants may not raise the same or substantially same challenge after the appeal has been decided or matter closed.
 * 7) Challenged material may remain in circulation until this review and appeal process is completed. (Chicago Public Schools)

Citations List: Chicago Public Schools. “Chicago Public Schools Policy Manual: New Collection Development Policy for School Libraries." //Chicago Public Schools.// 22 March 2006. Web. 30 June 2011. []

Norman Public Schools. “Norman Public Schools Library Media Program Procedures Manual.” //Norman Public Schools.// 17 Sept. 1990. Web. 1 July 2011. []

Park Hill School District. "Selection of Library Media Center Resources." //Park Hill School District.// 14 Sept. 2006. Web. 30 June 2011. [] American Library Association. "Workbook for Selection Policy Writing." //American Library Association//. Oct. 1998. Web. 2 July 2011. []