Policies
Mission Statement
The Colonel By Secondary School Library is committed to providing access to current information from print and electronic sources for students and teachers. The library staff members play an important role in supporting the curriculum and teaching information retrieval and evaluation skills. We provide a quiet, supportive environment for studying, researching and reading.
Collection ManagementÂ
Description - The collection offers information on diverse areas of knowledge and is intended for use by secondary school students and their teachers.
Purpose - The purpose of the collection development policy is to provide guidelines for building and maintaining the library's information resources to meet the information needs of the students and teachers.
Selection Responsibility - The teacher-librarian is responsible for building the collection. Teacher involvement is always appreciated. Students are also encouraged to recommend books that they feel would be enjoyed by other students.
Selections Criteria
Accuracy and Quality - These are determined by the status of the author or publisher.
Languages - English is the primary language, but some French, Spanish, and select materials in other languages are also collected.
Date of Publication - Heavily used titles may be duplicated.
Duplication of Material - Current imprints are emphasized.
Subject Matter - The material must be relevant to the needs of the patrons.
Types of Material - The collection consists of monographs, periodicals, audio-visual and electronic resources.
Gifts and Donations
The Colonel By Library appreciates donations as they are a valuable source of our resources. The Library accepts all items that are within the scope of its collection, but reserves the right to discard items which are not needed. Each item is checked against our holdings and, when appropriate, is added to the collection. Donors are asked to transport the gifts to the library themselves since we have no way to pick them up. As a rule, no evaluation for tax purposes will be provided.
Removal of Resources
The book reviewing process will consider the following criteria:
Subject Matter
Age
Physicial Condition
Usage
Duplicate Coverage
An equity assessment
Only the latest edition will be retained. The serial reviewing process will also consider alternative formats and indexing availability. The audio-visual material reviewing process will also consider format. The electronic resource reviewing process will also consider alternative sources (such as the public library) and compatibility with available hardware