When possible, books will be purchased and processed through Follet-Titlewave’s processing service using the Book Automation Processing Package. This package includes electronic catalog records, barcode labels with protectors, spine labels, and optional mylar covers for books with dust jackets.
The library may make use of additional vendor-provided processing services when purchasing books through alternative vendors such as Bound to Stay Bound or Scholastic.
When materials are donated or purchased from a source that does not offer processing services meeting the library’s needs, the librarian will process them manually. MARC records from the Library of Congress will be copied and modified when necessary to increase accessibility for the school community.
In accordance with the AASL’s Position Statement on Labeling Books with Reading Levels, and to protect student privacy and intellectual freedom, the library does not use reading level labels on books.
Nonfiction titles will be catalogued according to the Dewey Decimal System.
Fiction titles will be assigned genre spine labels in accordance with the reading interests of the school community, to be determined through surveys and reader’s advisory interactions. Fiction titles from all genres will be interfiled to facilitate both browsing within preferred genres and discovery of unexplored interests.
Circulating kits, such as citizen science or maker kits, will be processed with a single barcode for the entire kit. However, a materials list will be enclosed and checked for completeness before a kit can be returned.