NYC School Librarian Guidebook: Selection
Resources to examine our inherent bias, promote personal awareness, and help us build collections for our students that reflect themselves and the world around them.
Library Bill of Rights
- Library Bill of Rights
The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services. - Access to Resources and Services in the School Library Media ProgramAn interpretation to the Library Bill of Rights for the school library.
- Access to Resources and Services Regardless of Sex, Gender Identity, or Sexual OrientationAn interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights maintaining that libraries and librarians have an obligation to resist efforts that systematically exclude materials dealing with any subject matter, including sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Digital Review Sources
What's Your Plan ?
Collection Development Tools
- Follett's Titlewave
Follett's online collection tool allows users to build lists, access full-text professional reviews, analyze lists and their collection via Titlewise. - Follett's Titlewave App
Access all the features of Follett's Titlewave using their app. Designed for IOS, purchase this free app via the iTunes store. - Makin Collection Management Tools
Analyze a library collection with CAPS and manage your collection in real time with TitleMatch. - Children's Plus
Access Children's Plus Online Catalog, browse current titles, and build lists. - Perma-Bound Manage My Collection
Perma-Bound's Manage My Collection is a comparative tool that matches your school or library's Machine Readable Cataloging data against Perma-Bound's entire product inventory.
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