Collection+Development

This page is under contruction as I am developing lessons on Colletion Development. Please feel free to look around on the page and let me know if you have a great resouces that I have missed.

"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (3 B.C.-65 A.D.), Epistolae Morale

Library Bill of rights The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services. I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation. II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval. III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment. IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas. V. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views. VI. Libraries that make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use. Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; inclusion of “age” reaffirmed January 23, 1996.

** Colorado Learner’s Bill of Rights ** The learner has the right to: 1. question and be curious. 2. have personal ideas. 3. choose how to learn and share understanding. 4. plan and participate in learning at an appropriate level. 5. grapple with challenging ideas or concepts. 6. access the information and resources needed. 7. participate in and contribute to a learning network. 8. think critically, solve problems and make decisions. 9. make mistakes and learn from them. 10. reflect on learning. __Collection Development is not a precise science but more of a balancing act!__ That includes de-selection or weeding, puchasing and constant collection review. Collection Development is not a precise science but more of a balancing act! That includes de-selection or weeding, purchasing and constant collection review. Tools that can help you: Collection Analysis Tools:

Titlewave [|www.titlewave.com] Perma-Bound [] Mackin [] Some Library Automation Software programs

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