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Collection Development
CHAPTER 3: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Adopted by Board Action 1/17/2023
The policy linked below is excerpted from the latest approved copy of the West Des Moines Public Library Policy Manual.
Its main sections include:
- Extent of Collection Policy
- General Principles for Selection
- Juvenile Books
- Young Adult Books
- Fiction - General
- Nonfiction - General
- Foreign Language Materials
- Periodicals
- Non-Print - Realia
- Non-Print - Educational Kits
- Non-Print - Media
- Non-Print - Sound Recordings / Spoken Word
- Non-Print - Internet Information Resources
- Non-Print - Online Resources
- New Forms of Media
- Self-Published Works
- Labeling and Restricted Shelves
- Objections to Selected Materials
- Theft and Mutilation
- Weeding
- Book Sale
- Items Donated to the Library
Some individual policies can be separately accessed via our Policies page.