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2310P - Instructional Resources Procedure

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2310P - Instructional Resources Procedure

Procedure 2310P 

INSTRUCTION 

Instructional Resources 

Textbooks will be selected in the manner described in policy and procedure 2311. Materials to be included in a library/media center shall be selected as outlined. 

Suggestions for Acquisition. Suggestions may originate from students and teachers. Those suggestions are considered by the library/media staff member who weighs requests, evaluates materials and selects those which fulfill the needs of the instructional program. 

Criteria for Selection. Selection of materials is a continuous process.  New materials become available daily.  The factors to be employed in selection are: 

A. Needs of the school, curriculum and/or individual student.  (The program should provide for a wide range of materials on appropriate levels of difficulty with a diversity of appeal and presentation of a variety of viewpoints); 

B. Artistic and literary quality; 

C. Reliability and breadth of information with particular concern for the contributions (current and historical) of both sexes and members of the several specific religious, ethnic, political and cultural groups; 

D. Accents on sex, profanity, obscenity subjected to a stern test of literary merit and reality; and 

E. Professional reviews.  The library/media staff member employs professional reviewing materials, the judgments of other professions – teachers and librarians – to aid in the selection process.  Professional reviewing materials include: 

1. Current reviews – Library Journal and School Library Journal, Booklist, Hornbook, English Journal, Choice and other professional and commercial periodicals which review materials objectively. 

2. Published lists of appropriate materials – H.W. Wilson’s Children’s Catalog, ALA Basic Book Collection series, Bowker’s Best Books for Children, AAAS Science Book List for Young Adults; materials suggested by the National Councils of Teachers of English and Social Studies; plus Washington superintendent of public instruction Books for School Libraries; and other professional publications which evaluate material. 

Complaints or Concerns about Materials.  Complaints and/or concerns about the use and/or availability of specific materials should be directed to the principal.  The complainant wishing to protest the use and/or availability of specific materials shall use the form requesting reconsideration of instructional materials.  (See Form 2311F.) 

Adoption Date:  April 26, 1994