Administrative Procedure


Book:


Administrative Procedure


Section:


2000 - Instruction


Title:


Library Media Centers


Number:


2021AP


Status:


Active


Legal:


Adopted:


06/14/2004


Last Revised:


06/14/2004


Last Reviewed:


06/14/2004

 

Policy Detail




Textbooks shall be selected in the manner described in policy and procedure 2020. Materials to be included in a library/media center shall be selected as follows:

Suggestions for Acquisition. Suggestions may originate from students and teachers. Those suggestions are considered by the library/media staff member who weighs requests, evaluates materials, and selects those that fulfill the needs of the instruc­tional program.

Criteria for Selection. Selection of materials is a continuous process. New materials become available daily. The factors to be employed in selection are:

l. Needs of the school, curriculum, and/or individual student. (The program should provide for a wide range of materials on appropriate levels of difficulty with a diversity of appeal and presentation of a variety of viewpoints);

2. Artistic and literary quality;

3. Reliability and breadth of information with particular concern for the contributions (current and historical) of both sexes and members of the several specific religious, ethnic, polit­ical, and cultural groups;
4. Accents on sex, profanity, obscenity subjected to a stern test of literary merit and reality; and

5. Professional reviews. (The library/media staff member employs professional reviewing materials, the judgments of other professionals--teachers and librarians--to aid in the selec­tion process. Professional reviewing materials include:

A. Current reviews - Library Journal and School Library Journal, Booklist, Hornbook, English Journal, Choice and other professional and commercial periodicals that review materials objectively.
B. Published lists of appropriate materials - H. W. Wilson's Children's Catalog, ALA Basic Book Collection series, Bowker's Best Books for Children, AAAS Science Book List for Young Adults; materials suggested by the National Councils of Teachers of English and Social Studies; plus Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Books for School Libraries; and other professional publications which evaluate material.)


Complaints or Concerns about Materials. Complaints and/or con­cerns about the use and/or availability of specific materials should be directed to the principal. The complainant wishing to protest the use and/or availability of specific materials shall use the form requesting reconsideration of instructional materi­als.

Reimbursement for Lost/Damaged Library Materials. The following criteria shall be used in establishing amount students shall reimburse the District for lost library/media center materials.

l. Materials or books in print--current replacement value as determined by a current book in print or catalog.

2. Books Out-of-Print--current average replacement value as determined by the Washington State Library.