A collection development policy supports your library’s mission, guides decisions about materials, as well as offers a process for user feedback. The following resources may help as you consider how to craft a collection development policy for your library community.

• Please see the right column for the SCKLS Collection Development Policy webcast series

• ALA Library Policy Development for general information, standards and samples 

• Writing a selection policy--ALA Toolkit for Public, School and Academic Libraries, including the Library Bill of Rights and Freedom to Read Statement

• Sample policies for small public libraries including a materials selection/collection development policy sample

• Relevant Kansas statutes
  • KSA 12-1225 Powers and duties of board
  • KSA 38-101 Period of minority
  • KSA 21-6401 Promoting obscenity; promoting obscenity to minors
  • KSA 21-6402 Promotion to minors of material harmful to minors

• SCKLS professional collection resources that may be borrowed: 
  • Library Collection Development Policies: Academic, Public, and Special Libraries by Frank Hoffmann and Richard J. Wood
  • Library Collection Development Policies: School Libraries and Learning Resource Centers by Frank Hoffmann and Richard J. Wood
  • Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management by Peggy Johnson
  • To borrow, please contact Katherine Williams.