Collection Development
Completion requirements
Please read this book to learn about collection development in the context of youth services. This book will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to Collection Development
- Material Selection
- Selection Criteria
- Weeding the Collection
- Book Challenges
Selection Criteria
Inevitably, there are more books and materials we want to purchase than there are dollars in a budget for us to spend. So how do you choose? Use the following criteria when making selections:
- Does it fit within the guidelines of my library’s Collection Development policy?
- Does this material reflect our community members?
- Does it meet our community’s needs?
- Will it be popular and appealing?
- Does this item fill a gap in the collection? (For example, materials in another language, books featuring Indigenous peoples, highly requested best seller, etc)
- Is the material of high quality and effectively presented?
- Do the illustrations appropriately fit the subject and age of the audience and are they accurate?
- Are there insensitive or outdated depictions/stereotypes in the materials?
- Is the information presented well researched?
- Has the material received positive reviews in reviewed sources?