Collection Development Selection Tools For:

Adults

Audios

Children

DVDs

Electronic/Online

New Formats/Media

Reference

Teens

Samples of Public Library
Collection Development Policies:

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System
Cincinnati, OH
Grand Rapids, MI
Henrico, VA
Morton Grove, IL (includes non-book items)
Olean, NY
Peoria, AZ
Rhinebeck, NY
Somerville, AL
Stamford, CT
Urbandale, IA

Directory of Collection Development
Policies on the Web

Sample Library Polices/Guidelines from NYLA

Sample Policies and Legislation
(Links to libraries given) from NYLA

Samples of Policies for
Electronic Resources:

Somerville, AL
Peoria, AZ
Stamford, CT

Samples of Reconsideration Forms

Mid-Hudson Library System
Rhinebeck, NY