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Selection Policy

Selection Policy. Ashley Grainger LM 563 Assignment 2 Spring 01, 2010. Statement of Selection Policy Inventory. media center is an integral part of the learning process select materials that are best suited for their individual need and learning style.

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Selection Policy

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  1. Selection Policy Ashley Grainger LM 563 Assignment 2 Spring 01, 2010

  2. Statement of Selection Policy Inventory • media center is an integral part of the learning process • select materials that are best suited for their individual need and learning style

  3. Responsibility for Selection of Resources • selection of resources should be a decision made by many people in the school and community • For example, administrators, teachers, students, people in the community, and media center personnel

  4. Criteria for Selection of Resources • In order to address all levels of learning this criteria are vital and must be met. • The following criteria will be used as they apply:

  5. Criteria for Selection of Resources • Step One: • support and be consistent with the general educational goals

  6. Criteria for Selection of Resources • Step Two: • support and enrich the curriculum and the personal needs of users

  7. Criteria for Selection of Resources • Step Three: • should meet high standards of quality • Artistic quality and/or literary style • Authenticity • Educational significance • Factual content • Physical format • Presentation • Readability • Technical quality

  8. Criteria for Selection of Resources • Step Three: • should meet high standards of quality • Treatment that is clear, comprehensible, skillful, convincing, well- organized, and unbiased • Special features, such as useful illustrations, photographs, charts, maps, graphs, etc.

  9. Criteria for Selection of Resources • Step Four: • be appropriate for whom the resources are selected

  10. Criteria for Selection of Resources • Step Five: • be designed to motivate users to informed judgments in their daily lives

  11. Criteria for Selection of Resources • Step Six: • provide information on opposite sides of controversial issues

  12. Criteria for Selection of Resources • selection of resources on controversial issues will be directed toward maintaining a balanced collection representing various views

  13. Procedures for Selection of Resources • Professional personnel will evaluate available resources and curriculum needs

  14. Procedures for Selection of Resources Bibliographies • Basic Book Collection for Elementary Grades • H.W. Wilson’s Children’s Catalog • H.W. Wilson’s Junior High school Catalog • Library Journal • H.W. Wilson’s High School Catalog • Guide to Sources in Educational Media • Westinghouse Learning Directory • Children and Books

  15. Procedures for Selection of Resources Current Reviewing Media • AASA Science Books and Films • Bulleting of the Center of Children’s Books • Booklist • Library Journal • School Library Journals • Kirkus Reviews

  16. Procedures for Selection of Resources • Recommendations for purchase involve many different people

  17. Procedures for Selection of Resources • Gift materials should be judged with the same criteria

  18. Procedures for Selection of Resources • Selection is an ongoing process

  19. Fundamental Questions to Ask When Examining Resources • Some questions to be considered…. • Is the subject matter suitable and desirable for young people? • Will the subject matter develop desirable attitudes, and appreciation in most cases? • Are the illustrations satisfactory from the standpoint of text, of clarity, or of art value?

  20. Procedures for Reconsideration of Challenged Materials • The selection of the resource materials for use with students in the teaching/learning process is a professional responsibility of teachers, administrators, library media specialists and other educators. • parents and pupils have legitimate and appropriate interests in the selection process and the choices which are made.

  21. Procedures for Reconsideration of Challenged Materials • This document has been prepared to assist the school in addressing such challenges. • document and the process outlined are appropriate for addressing materials

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