Madison Metropolitan School District
Board of Education Policies and Procedures

POLICY	LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER MATERIALS	3612 Instruction

Library Media Center Materials

It is the policy of the BOARD that library media center materials be selected by the Library Media Specialist in the school and approved by the Principal.

PROCEDURE	LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER MATERIALS	3612 Instruction

1. Library media center materials cover a broad range of ideas and information in many formats which are selected to implement, enrich, and support the instructional programs of the schools.
2. All library media center materials shall be selected according to the selection criteria that have been approved by the BOARD.
3. The philosophy of selection is to allow free access to a full range of instructional materials which reflect our pluralistic society and which are selected for their strengths and diversity rather than excluded for their weaknesses or viewpoint.
4. Library media center materials for individual schools are selected by the library media specialist in the school and approved by the Principal.
5. Titles are chosen from reviews in professional journals, District evaluations, and personal examination. District review committees covering all grade levels preview, examine, and evaluate library media center materials and evaluations of library media center materials. The evaluations are shared with all schools.
6. Materials for District circulating collections are selected by District preview committees and the Educational Reference and Materials Selection Librarians.

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Last Updated: Wed Jul 19 14:07:54 2006
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