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Collection Policies

Writing a Collection Development Policy (ABLE)
http://www.lili.org/forlibs/ce/able/course1/01CD1.htm
An online tutuorial from the Idaho Commission for Libraries ABLE site (Alternate Basic Library Education). Covers setting collection goals, making collection decisions, selection criteria, dealing with challenges to library materials, and the steps in writing a collection development policy. There is a brief quiz at the end of each section.

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screen shot of the Arizona Libraries Collection Development site

Collection Development Training for Arizona Public Libraries
http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/cdt/
Developed for small and rural libraries in Arizona. Offers an overview of collection development activities. Includes links to other Internet resources as well as bibliographies of print resources.

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School Library Collection Development (Resources for School Librarians)
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/coldev2.html
Links to school library collection development resources. Includes links to sample collection development policies, selection policies, selection tools, and print resources on collection development. Resources for School Librarians is maintained by retired school librarian Linda Bertland.

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