The Board of Education
shall provide resource materials to implement district and school educational
goals and objectives as pupil needs dictate and district resources
permit. Such materials include reference books, other supplementary
titles, maps, library print and non-print materials, and other sources of
information for use by pupils that are not designated as textbooks.
The library/media
specialist shall be responsible for the selection and maintenance of all
resource materials, in accordance with the following standards:
1. Material
will be suited to the varied interests, abilities, reading levels, and
maturation levels of the pupils to be served;
2. Wherever
possible, materials will provide major opposing views on controversial issues
so that pupils may develop under guidance the practice of critical reading and
thinking;
3. Wherever
possible, materials will represent the many religious, ethnic, and cultural
groups and their contribution to American heritage;
4. Materials
will be factually accurate and of genuine literary or artistic value;
5. Materials
will be of a quality and durability appropriate to their intended uses and
longevity;
6. Materials
will relate to, support, and enrich the courses of study adopted by the Board.
The Chief School
Administrator will develop regulations for the selection of resource materials
that provide for the effective consultation of teaching staff members at all
appropriate levels; ensure that the Board’s budgetary allotment for resource
materials is efficiently spent and wisely distributed throughout the
instructional program and the district; and ensure an inventory of resource
materials that is well balanced and well rounded in coverage of subject, types
of materials, and variety of content.
The library/media
specialist will evaluate the continuing effectiveness and utility of resource
materials and recommend to the Chief School Administrator the removal of those
materials that no longer meet the standards set forth in this policy.
Adopted: 12 March
2007
Revised: 9
February 2009