Campbell County Public Library System
Collection Development Policy

Table of Contents

Adopted January 13, 2000

1. Introduction
2. ALA Statements on Access
3. The Selection Process
4. Collection Evaluation
5. Audio-Visual Materials
6. Fiction

7. Nonfiction
8. Reference
9. Adult Miscellaneous
10. Children's Easy/Jr. Nonfiction
11. Children's Fiction
12. Children's Miscellaneous

13. Young Adult Fiction
14. Young Adult Nonfiction
15. Young Adult Miscellaneous
16. Wright Branch Library
17. Appendices

I. Introduction

• I-1 Credits - Revised August 2012
• I-2 Style
• I-3 Purpose
• I-4 Funding
• I-5 Community Served - Revised August 2012

II. ALA Statements on Access

• II-1 Library Bill of Rights
• II-2 Freedom to Read Statement

III. The Selection Process

• III-1 Responsibility for Selection - Revised August 2012
• III-2 Selection Guidelines - Revised August 2012
• III-3 Bindery Guidelines
• III-4 Gifts/Donations
• III-5 Interlibrary Loan - Revised August 2012
• III-6 Memorials
• III-7 Multiple Copies
• III-8 Professional Collection - Revised August 2012
• III-9 Reconsideration of Library Materials
• III-10 Standing Orders
• III-11 Weeding - Revised January 2003

V. Audio-Visual Materials

• V-1 Book Recordings - Revised August 2012
• V-2 Sound Recordings (Music) - Revised August 2012
• V-3 DVDs - Revised August 2012

VI. Fiction

• VI-1 Fiction - Revised August 2012
• VI-2 Graphic Novels - Adult - Revised August 2012

VII. Nonfiction

• Overview - Revised August 2012
• Generalities (000) - Revised August 2012
• Philosophy & Psychology (100)
• Religion (200)
• Social Sciences (300) - Revised August 2012
• Language (400) - Revised August 2012
• Pure Sciences (500) - Revised August 2012
• Applied Sciences (600) - Revised August 2012
• Arts & Recreation (700) - Revised August 2012
• Literature (800) - Revised August 2012
• Geography & History (900) - Revised August 2012
• Biography

VIII. Reference

• Overview - Revised August 2012
• Generalities (000) - Revised August 2012
• Philosophy & Psychology (100)
• Religion (200)
• Social Sciences (300)
• Language (400) - Revised January 2003
• Pure Sciences (500)
• Applied Sciences (600)
• Arts & Recreation (700)
• Literature (800)
• Geography & History (900)

IX. Adult Miscellaneous

• Electronic Sources - Revised August 2012
• Government Documents - Revised August 2012
• Large Print Fiction - Revised August 2012
• Large Print Non-Fiction - Revised August 2012
• Magazines - Revised August 2012
• Maps - Revised January 2003
• Microforms/Fiche
• Newspapers - Revised August 2012
• Rare Books
• Spanish Collection - Approved May 13, 2004
• Telephone/Zip Code Directories - Revised August 2012
• Vertical File - Revised August 2012
• World Wide Web Sites - Revised January 2003
• Wyoming Collections - Revised August 2012

X. Children’s Easy/Jr. Nonfiction

• Overview
• Generalities (000)
• Philosophy & Psychology (100)
• Religion (200)
• Social Sciences (300) - Revised August 2012
• Language (400) - Revised August 2012
• Pure Sciences (500)
• Applied Sciences (600)
• Arts & Recreation (700)
• Literature (800)
• Geography & History (900)
• Biographies - Revised August 2012
• Parenting Collection - Revised August 2012
• Reference - Revised August 2012

XI. Children’s Fiction

• Easy Fiction / Picture Books / Specialty Books
• Junior Fiction

XII. Children’s Miscellaneous

• Book Recordings - Revised August 2012
• Magazines
• Recreational Computers - Revised August 2012
• Sound Recordings - Revised August 2012

XIV. Young Adult Nonfiction

• Overview - Revised August 2012
• Generalities (000)
• Philosophy & Psychology (100)
• Religion (200) - Revised August 2012
• Social Sciences (300) - Revised August 2012
• Language (400)
• Pure Sciences (500)
• Applied Sciences (600) - Revised August 2012
• Arts & Recreation (700) - Revised August 2012
• Literature (800)
• Geography & History (900) - Revised August 2012
• Biography - Revised August 2012

XV. Young Adult Miscellaneous

• Graphic Novels - Revised August 2012
• Magazines - Revised April 2006

XVI. Wright Branch Library

• Biography - Adult - Revised August 2012
• Biography - Easy/Junior - Revised August 2012
• Book Recordings - Revised August 2012
• Children's Recreational Computers - Revised August 2012
• DVDs / Blu-Ray - Revised August 2012
• Fiction - Adult - Revised August 2012
• Fiction - Easy/Picture Books - Revised August 2012
• Fiction - Junior - Revised August 2012
• Fiction - Young Adult - Revised August 2012
• Graphic Novels - Revised August 2012
• Large Print Fiction & Nonfiction - Revised August 2012
• Magazines - Adult - Revised August 2012
• Magazines - Children's - Reviewed August 2012
• Magazines - Young Adult - Revised August 2012
• Newspapers - Revised August 2012
• Nonfiction - Adult - Revised August 2012
• Nonfiction - Easy/Junior - Reviewed August 2012
• Reference - Revised August 2012
• Sound Recordings (Music) - Revised August 2012
• Telephone/Zip Code Directories - Revised August 2012

XVII. Appendices

• Appendix A - Forms:
  • Form #1 - Request for Reconsideration of Library materials
  • Form #2 - ALA’s Challenge Database Form [Link to off-site page maintained by the ALA]
• Appendix B - Definitions
• Appendix C - Interpretation of Library Bill of Rights [Links to off-site pages maintained by the ALA]
• Access for Children and Young Adults to Nonprint Materials
• Access to Digital Information, Services, and Networks
• Access to Library Resources and Services Regardless of Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual Orientation
• Challenged Materials
• Diversity in Collection Development
• Economic Barriers to Information Access
• Evaluating Library Collections
• Expurgation of Library Materials
• Free Access to Libraries for Minors
• Labeling and Rating Systems
• Restricted Access to Library Materials