NEPN/NSBA Code:  IJNC

SCHOOL LIBRARIES

Purpose and Definitions

The Lewiston School Libraries have two major purposes:

A.  To support and enrich the curriculum; and

B.  To provide resources to support individual interests and recreational reading.

Lewiston Public Schools shall provide a wide range of resource and instructional materials in the libraries at all levels of difficulty, with diverse appeal, and different points of view.

The School Committee endorses the American Library Association “Library Bill of Rights” and the American Association of School Librarians/American Library Association “Access to Resources and Services in the School Library.” Library materials, both print and nonprint, will be selected in accordance with Committee policies.

Cross Reference:  IJNC-E1 – Library Bill of Rights

IJNC-E2 – Access To Resources and Services in the School Library IJJ – Instructional and Library Materials Selection

IJJ-E – Citizen’s Challenge of Educational Media Form

Adopted:    June 7, 2000 

Reviewed: September 10, 2012 

Revised:     November 13, 2017

Reviewed: December 13, 2021