HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-06-28; Library Board of Trustees; ; Update to Library Collection Development PolicyMeeting Date: June 28, 2023
To: Library Board of Trustees
From: Katie Nye, Deputy Library Director
Staff Contact: Sheila Crosby, Deputy Library Director
sheila.crosby@carlsbadca.gov, 442-232-0587
Jacqui Petri, Lead Librarian
jacqueline.petri@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2036
Subject: Update to Library Collection Development Policy
District: All
Recommended Action
Receive a report from staff and vote to accept updates to the library’s Collection Development
Policy.
Executive Summary/Discussion
Staff will share an updated version of the Collection Development Policy and request approval
from the Library Board of Trustees.
The Collection Development Policy is a document which guides the selection and deselection of
materials within the library’s collection. The current policy is available for the community on
the library’s web page.
The policy has traditionally been updated and presented to the Library Board of Trustees for
their approval every five years. The updated policy was streamlined for clarity and accuracy. It
moved away, where possible, from detailed explanations and toward broader statements,
which is in keeping with modern library collection policies and guidelines. A summary of the
changes is as follows:
•Reorganized to reflect professional best practices
•Updated demographic information
•Added more inclusive language recognizing that the collection strives to reflect and
amplify the mosaic of human identity and experience
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Staff Report
• Removed language that was re-stated from documents included as appendices
• Removed unnecessary detail, such as language that referenced fiscal year information
from over five years ago and the history of the library
• Removed explanation of collections in each building and replaced with language about
individual special collections, such as literacy and genealogy
• Replaced abridged Freedom to Read statement in the appendix with the unabridged
statement
Next Steps
Distribute updated policy to staff and post on library website.
Fiscal Analysis
None.
Public Notification
Public notice of this item was posted in keeping with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available
for public viewing and review at least 72 hours before the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. Current Collection Development Policy, 2017
2. Updated Collection Development Policy, 2023
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Purpose: Intellectual freedom
Organizational and administrative ease
Upholding citizens’ rights
POLICY:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 2
Demographics .............................................................................................................. 2
Library History .............................................................................................................. 2
Library Mission ............................................................................................................. 3
Philosophy of Collection Development ............................................................................ 4
Collection Development Policy ..................................................................................... 4
Selection as a Means of Carrying out Library Objectives ............................................. 5
Authority and Responsibility for Materials Selection .................................................... 5
Funding ........................................................................................................................... 5
Scope of Library Facilities ............................................................................................... 6
Dove Library Collection ................................................................................................ 6
Georgina Cole Library Collection ................................................................................. 6
Learning Center Collection........................................................................................... 6
Materials Selection .......................................................................................................... 7
Criteria for Materials Selection ..................................................................................... 7
Criteria for New Formats .............................................................................................. 8
Maintenance of the Collection ......................................................................................... 9
Assessment ................................................................................................................. 9
Deselection .................................................................................................................. 9
Controversial Items ...................................................................................................... 9
Request for Reconsideration ...................................................................................... 10
Donations ...................................................................................................................... 11
Material Donations ..................................................................................................... 11
Monetary Donations ................................................................................................... 11
Appendix ....................................................................................................................... 13
Library Bill of Rights ................................................................................................... 13
Exhibit 1
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The Freedom to Read Statement ............................................................................... 14
The Freedom to View Statement ............................................................................... 15
Introduction
Carlsbad City Library serves primarily those who live, work and play in Carlsbad,
California. It also serves patrons from the surrounding San Diego County area and
genealogy researchers from all over the United States.
Demographics
The city’s population figure of 109,004 as of June 30, 2016 is from the State of
California’s Finance Department. The following demographic data are from the United
States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey Demographic and Housing
estimate in 2015.
Non-Hispanics are 85.1 percent of the population. Whites are 73.5 percent. Hispanics are 14.9 percent. Asians are 9.9 percent.
Other races are 4.6 percent.
Blacks/African Americans are 1.8 percent.
The median age of the population is 41.9. Ages 14 and under = 19.6 percent. Ages 15 to 19 = 5.3 percent. Ages 20 to 34 = 15.9 percent.
Ages 35 to 54 = 30.5 percent. Ages 55 to 64 = 13.1 percent. Ages 65 and over = 15.5 percent.
Housing is 62.6 percent owner occupied and 37.4 percent renter occupied.
Of the population aged 25 and older, 11.6 percent are high school graduates, 19.7
percent have some college, 10.3 percent have an associate’s degree, 31.4 percent
have a bachelor’s degree and 22.8 percent have a graduate or professional degree.
Of the population older than age 3 enrolled in school, 8.5 percent attend preschool, 4.3
percent attend kindergarten, 44.9 percent attend elementary school (grades 1 to 8),
19.5 percent are in high school (grades 9 to 12) and 22.9 percent attend an institution of
higher learning.
Library History
Carlsbad City Library became an independent city library in 1956. For several years it
lived in a variety of facilities. In November 1967, it moved into a new building at 1250
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Elm Ave. (later renamed Carlsbad Village Drive). A branch library in the La Costa
neighborhood opened in February 1984 to serve the southern part of the city. Two
outreach services for specific user groups, adult literacy learners and people bilingual in
Spanish and English, were developed in response to identified needs in the community
during the late 1980s and the early 1990s. In September 1999, a new Carlsbad City
Library facility (informally called Dove Library) opened at 1775 Dove Ln., replacing the
branch in the La Costa neighborhood. The library on Carlsbad Village Drive was
extensively remodeled, newly named Georgina Cole Library, and re-opened in April
2000. In August 2008, the adult literacy and bilingual services were relocated into a city
owned building specifically renovated to house them. This building is called the Library
Learning Center and is located in the northern part of the city near the historic Barrio
neighborhood. In 2015 and 2016, extensive renovations updated Georgina Cole Library
and Dove Library in response to current and expected future trends in library usage
including greater use of technology, comfortable seating and more spaces for
collaboration.
Library Mission
The mission of Carlsbad City Library states:
The collection development policy sets forth the major goals for collection development
in support of the library’s mission. This policy a) enables those who select materials to
work consistently to develop a strong collection within the framework of allocated funds,
and b) informs the staff generally, as well as the Carlsbad City Library Board of
Trustees and the library users of the scope and nature of the collection and the
principles upon which selection decisions are made.
The guidelines and principles contained in this collection development policy are
approved by the Library Board of Trustees. By using input from the community, making
the most efficient use of financial resources, working cooperatively with other area
libraries and providing the most appropriate print and alternative formats, Carlsbad City
Library can provide a collection which meets the needs of the community.
The needs of the community are determined by analysis of the use of the existing
collection as well as input from the community. To maximize the library’s ability to serve
the needs of all members of the community, whether they are currently library users or
not, the library makes use of both traditional print and media materials as well as
resources that are available in a wide range of alternative formats.
The Library provides community members of all
ages with convenient access to high quality
resources and services to inform and enrich
individual and community life.
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Philosophy of Collection Development
The purpose of the collection is to provide library materials in various formats to meet
the informational, cultural and recreational needs of Carlsbad City Library patrons. The
library offers individuals and groups the opportunity to educate themselves. Resources
assist patrons in keeping current in a wide range of fields of knowledge and public
issues, and help them to discover and develop creative capacities in using their leisure
time.
The collection, taken as a whole, is an unbiased and diverse source of information
representing as many viewpoints as possible. Subjects and viewpoints are covered in
sufficient depth and breadth to meet anticipated and expressed individual and
community needs. The collection includes materials of varying complexity and points of
view because the community contains a wide range of ages, educational backgrounds,
interests, and reading skills. The collection includes materials of both contemporary
significance and of long term value. The library seeks to supply materials and resources
which meet the needs and interests of a majority of its users. Its focus is on resources
of interest to the general public over esoteric or highly academic resources. Specialized
resources may be obtained for patrons via interlibrary loan service. With specific
exceptions, such as “young readers” editions and adaptations written for adult literacy
learners, the library does not purchase or add abridged editions of titles.
Carlsbad City Library endorses the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights,
the Freedom to Read statement, and the Freedom to View statement. The full text of
these statements is in the appendix to this document.
Collection development includes allocation of the materials budget, collection
assessment and maintenance, selection and deselection. Collection assessment is an
ongoing process of examining what is in the collection, how the collection is used and
what users need and request. Thoughtful assessment leads to decisions about what to
select and what to withdraw or move to a different collection area. One of the written
products of assessment is a collection management guidelines document. Guidelines
define the current state and outline the plans for future development of specific areas of
the collection. Assessment, selection and deselection tasks are delegated by the Library
& Cultural Arts director to the lead librarian responsible for collection development, who
provides oversight to staff selectors, all of whom are guided by the principles in this
collection development policy.
Collection Development Policy
The lead librarian responsible for collection development maintains the collection
development policy, which outlines the philosophy and general policies of resource
selection at Carlsbad City Library. This document is carefully crafted to reflect and meet
needs specific to the City of Carlsbad community and is a core document of how the
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library serves the community. Revisions to reflect changes in the community and in
collection development needs are scheduled at least every five years.
Selection as a Means of Carrying out Library Objectives
The materials selection criteria are based on knowledge of the community, the existing
collection of the library and the services which the library is expected to perform. It is
necessary to be aware of the changing and diverse needs of the people the library
serves.
The purpose of the selection process is to provide high quality materials and resources
in easily accessible formats to support the library’s mission of educational and
recreational programming.
Authority and Responsibility for Materials Selection
The final authority for the review and approval of policy to guide the selection of library
materials is vested in the Library Board of Trustees. The responsibility for all materials
and resources selected rests with the L&CA director, who operates within the
framework reviewed and approved by the Library Board of Trustees. The lead librarian
responsible for collection development oversees selection of library materials as
delegated to staff members known as selectors. Selectors are qualified for this duty by
education, training, job classification and knowledge of the community. These staff
members have the authority to interpret and apply this policy in daily operation.
Funding
Annually, the L&CA director establishes budgets and objectives for the purchase of
physical materials and other resources, and secures funds during the citywide annual
budget process. When available, donated funds may be used to increase or enhance
the collection. Donated funds are designated not to replace regular operating budget
funds allocated for the purchase of materials, but rather to supplement operating funds.
In fiscal year 2017-18, the city’s budget allocation for materials was approximately 7.8
percent of the overall library budget. Taking into account the overall use of the collection
and the physical space available in the various library facilities, the materials budget is
allocated by percentages between print and non-print materials, between adult and
children’s materials and among the library facilities.
Each year, the lead librarian responsible for collection development allocates the annual
budget among the various formats and subject areas. Budget allocation decisions are
based on a combination of statistics, use and user analysis and availability of materials
in the marketplace. Temporary adjustments in funding for some areas may be made in
response to analysis of priorities, goals and community needs.
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Scope of Library Facilities
This section describes the scope of each library facility’s collection.
Dove Library Collection
The print, audio, video, electronic and other holdings at the Dove Library facility provide
the greatest breadth and depth of scope because the Dove Library is the largest of the
library’s three facilities. The holdings satisfy a broad range of use by public library
patrons, including general introductions and some advanced works. Recent publications
and releases are given a high priority and classics are retained as long as demand
exists. Its reference collection is slightly larger and more in-depth than those of the other
two library facilities.
Georgina Cole Library Collection
Georgina Cole Library’s print, audio, video, electronic and other holdings meet the
general educational, informational and recreational interests of the community on a wide
variety of subjects. Holdings also include a supporting reference collection of standard
resources. Georgina Cole Library’s collections are built to provide adequate coverage of
subjects and authors within given space constraints.
The genealogy collection is a special reference and research collection with materials
on family history. Staff with subject matter expertise are available to assist researchers.
The Carlsbad History collection comprises materials that directly contribute to and
enhance users’ understanding of the City of Carlsbad’s history. Both of these
substantial collections are housed at Georgina Cole Library.
Learning Center Collection
There are two distinct collections at the Learning Center intended to cater to two main
user groups.
The literacy section of the Learning Center provides materials and resources to meet
the needs of English speaking adults and teens who want to improve their basic reading
and writing skills, as well as the tutors who work with them. These materials are
provided both for circulation and for use in the literacy classrooms.
The bilingual collection of materials and resources at the Learning Center is directed at
adults and children whose primary language is Spanish. The collection consists of a
range of formats for all ages offered primarily in Spanish and in bilingual Spanish-
English. These are mostly popular materials for recreational reading or personal
information. Print, audio and online resources on learning English as a second language
are included. The Learning Center recently added some English language materials for
the use of children who are attending an English language school, but whose families
may speak exclusively Spanish at home.
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Additionally, there are popular materials that appeal to English language speakers in the
immediately surrounding community also served by the Learning Center.
Materials Selection
Selectors make decisions that meet the collection objectives of the library for their
assigned areas based on the criteria in this collection development policy, authoritative
information resources and their professional judgment. The selectors add current
materials and review their areas to ensure that standard items and older imprints
relevant to the collection are included.
The general public may submit recommendations of items to purchase. The criteria for
materials selection apply in the acceptance of purchase requests.
Criteria for Materials Selection
In general, the library's policy is to purchase materials which best satisfy the majority of
the library clientele within budget limitations. The established criteria for all subjects,
formats and audiences include:
actual or anticipated community demand or need
favorable reviews in professional media
critical acclaim or regional/national awards
literary, educational, informational and recreational value
permanent or timely value
accurate information
clear presentation and readability, including professional quality of production:
editing, sound/video, art/typography, printing/ binding
social significance
presentation of all sides of controversial issues
balancing of special interests with general demand
author or creator's reputation and significance
reputation and standing of the publisher
importance of the subject matter to the collection
scarcity of material on the subject
price
availability of materials elsewhere in the area
availability from a United States publisher or distributor
Titles are selected on the basis of their content without regard for the personal history of
the author. The general criteria for material selection are applied to all formats of
materials and to both new material and older titles being considered for withdrawal,
replacement and/or duplication. An item need not meet all of these criteria to be
acceptable.
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Additional selection criteria specific to newspapers, magazines and similar periodicals
are:
permanent reference value of a newspaper
stature of the periodical in the national or international scene
reflection of regional opinion of local and national issues
reputation of the publisher, editors and contributors
ease of purchase and timeliness of receipt
interest as demonstrated by requests and use
availability of the title from other area libraries
Criteria for New Formats
The library may add new materials or resources as well as content provided via new
delivery methods to enhance its holdings and support its educational and recreational
mission.
Criteria for selection of alternative formats include the general criteria mentioned above.
In addition, specific considerations are applied to the decision to include new services or
products. The following questions are carefully considered before adding an alternative
format to the collection:
Will the format or content substantially support library programming?
Is the format in demand by the public?
Is the content of value to the public?
How would this format enhance the library’s collection?
Is the cost within the materials budget?
Is the format easy to use?
If a physical item,
o Would it circulate?
o Will it withstand circulation?
o What special supplies and procedures will be necessary for circulation?
If an electronic resource,
o Does it deliver better value and accessibility than a print format?
o Would it be in addition to the print format, or a replacement?
o Does it make information available to multiple and concurrent users?
o What technical accommodations are needed to provide access on or via
the library’s website?
o What technical support and training are required?
o Is the equipment that is needed to use this format standardized and of
reasonable cost?
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Maintenance of the Collection
Maintenance of the collection includes regular assessment of policies and procedures of
selection and deselection. The library follows nationally adopted guidelines for
maintenance, in terms of appropriate evaluation and retention procedures. Staff
expertise and local needs and interests also contribute.
Assessment
Collection assessment is the ongoing process of evaluating what is in the collection and
how much it is used, as well as what patrons need and request. Selectors use a variety
of tools, including statistics from circulation and surveys of users, reports on usage
generated from the library’s data analysis software, standard bibliographies and
physical assessment of materials to assess their subject areas. The staff regularly
evaluate how well the collection meets community needs in order to ensure that it
provides the optimum level of resources. This assessment is reflected in collection
management guidelines, which are written and maintained by each selector about their
specific area of responsibility. They define the current state of the collection area and
outline what is needed to maintain and develop it.
Deselection
Deselection is one result of the regularly scheduled evaluation of the content and
physical condition of the collection. It is an integral part of collection management, and
is needed to maintain a vital, relevant, useful and up-to-date collection.
Deselection is the responsibility of the selectors, with the guidance and supervision of
the lead librarian responsible for collection development. This work is performed
according to current CREW (continuous review, evaluation and weeding) guidelines,
which are a national standard for the library profession. Deselection is determined on
the basis of incorrect, misleading or obsolete content; poor physical condition; excess
number of copies in the collection; and the combination of little use and questionable
current value.
Deselected materials are clearly marked to indicate withdrawal. Appropriate items still in
reasonable condition are transferred to the Friends of the Library for resale. Discarded
materials are not given or sold to the public or staff except at the book sales run by the
Friends of the Library. Remaining materials, such as those in damaged condition or that
are outdated, are recycled using the city recycling utility.
Controversial Items
The library upholds its responsibility to keep on its shelves a representative selection of
materials on a wide variety of subjects of interest to its readers, including materials on
all sides of controversial topics. Materials on any subject are acquired by the library in
accordance with the collection development policy and material selection guidelines.
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Selection of materials by the library staff does not indicate endorsement of the contents
or the views expressed in those materials. The library will not acquire materials that
have been declared obscene by the courts.
In support of the goal of providing free and equal access to ideas and information,
Carlsbad City Library is committed to the following:
Opposing censorship and all other barriers, limits or hindrances to ideas and
information
Protecting the privacy of the library user
Creating, in the library staff and in the public, an awareness of the issues of
intellectual freedom
Providing the broadest coverage of ideas and opinions in the materials acquired
by the library
Cooperating with other organizations that are committed to the free flow of
information and free access to ideas
The library recognizes that many materials are controversial and that any given item
may offend some patrons. Selection decisions are not made on the basis of anticipated
approval or disapproval, but solely on the merits of the work in relation to the balance of
the collection. Individual items, which in and of themselves may be controversial or
offensive to some patrons or staff, may be selected if their inclusion will contribute to the
range of viewpoints in the collection as a whole and to the effectiveness of the library’s
ability to serve its community.
While anyone is free to select or reject materials for themselves or their own minor
children, the freedom of others to read or inquire will not be restricted. The library does
not stand in loco parentis. Parents and guardians, not the library, have the responsibility
to guide and direct the reading, listening and viewing choices of their own minor
children.
The library does not indicate particular philosophies outlined in materials by using labels
or other devices. To do so is to establish a judgment before a person has had the
opportunity to examine the material.
The library collection is organized in a non-judgmental, objective manner to help people
find the materials they want. Materials are not restricted, sequestered, altered or labeled
by the library because of controversy about the author or the subject matter.
Request for Reconsideration
Citizen’s Comment Regarding Library Material forms are available at all three library
facilities so that patrons and staff can indicate that they would like a particular item held
in the collection to be reclassified or reconsidered for its continued inclusion in the
library collection. Library staff will review the material only upon receipt of a completed
and signed Citizen’s Comment Regarding Library Material form.
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The lead librarian responsible for collection development will serve as a coordinator of
the review process. After a formal review is completed, the coordinator will notify the
person who initiated the review of the decision. Decisions may be appealed through a
requested meeting with the L&CA director.
Donations
Carlsbad City Library welcomes and is grateful for donations of materials and cash.
Upon request, the library will provide acknowledgment to donors to serve as a tax
receipt. The library does not place a value on material donations.
Material Donations
Once material is left at the library, it becomes the property of the library and may be
considered for inclusion in the library collection. The library reserves the privilege of
deciding whether the material should be added, and to which collection. The criteria for
materials selection outlined in this document will apply in the consideration of whether to
add donated books and other materials to the collection. If it is not added to the library's
collection, it is made available to the Friends of the Carlsbad Library and may be sold by
the Friends. The library makes an effort to support authors and performers associated
with Library & Cultural Arts programming by considering for inclusion in the collection
their works that supplement the program and adhere to the materials selection criteria.
Due primarily to space limitations, gifts of special collections will be accepted only if
there are no restrictions for their use. Special collections are made available to all users
on an equal basis, with no special privileges for individuals or groups. Gifts of special
collections become the property of the library with respect to housing, use, circulation
and withdrawal. Gifts of magazine subscriptions may be accepted by the library subject
to the same selection and retention policies as regular subscriptions.
The library selectively culls some of the donated material and makes it available to
library cardholders and non-cardholders on a fine-free basis. This practice provides
convenient access to puzzles, games and high demand pocket paperbacks that are not
cataloged due to their ephemeral nature. Pocket paperbacks may be duplicates of titles
in the cataloged collection or may be titles which are not available in other formats.
Monetary Donations
The library accepts tax deductible donations of cash for the purpose of collection
enhancement. A memorial donation is created when funds are donated to add materials
to the collection, usually in memory or honor of an individual or group. The library
welcomes general suggestions for purchases with memorial donations, and tries to find
materials which are satisfactory to both the donor and the library. Items donated in
memoriam may be placed in the library collection for either reference or circulating use.
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Groups or individuals may work with the Library & Cultural Arts director or the lead
librarian responsible for collection development to set up memorial funds for larger or
long-term purchases of materials or to set up standing arrangements for purchases of
items donated in memoriam. The library reserves the right to accept or reject any such
proposed fund, standing arrangement or donation of funds.
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Appendix
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.
1. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest,
information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves.
Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of
those contributing to their creation.
2. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view
on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed
because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
3. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to
provide information and enlightenment.
4. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting
abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
5. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of
origin, age, background, or views.
6. Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public
they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless
of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.
Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18,
1948; February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; inclusion of “age” reaffirmed
January 23, 1996.
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The Freedom to Read Statement
The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution and is essential to our
democracy. Those with faith in free people will stand firm on these constitutional
guarantees of essential rights and will exercise the responsibilities that accompany
these rights.
We therefore affirm these propositions:
1. It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the
widest diversity of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox,
unpopular, or considered dangerous by the majority.
2. Publishers, librarians, and booksellers do not need to endorse every idea or
presentation they make available. It would conflict with the public interest for
them to establish their own political, moral, or aesthetic views as a standard for
determining what should be published or circulated.
3. It is contrary to the public interest for publishers or librarians to bar access to
writings on the basis of the personal history or political affiliations of the author.
4. There is no place in our society for efforts to coerce the taste of others, to confine
adults to the reading matter deemed suitable for adolescents, or to inhibit the
efforts of writers to achieve artistic expression.
5. It is not in the public interest to force a reader to accept the prejudgment of a
label characterizing any expression or its author as subversive or dangerous.
6. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians, as guardians of the people's
freedom to read, to contest encroachments upon that freedom by individuals or
groups seeking to impose their own standards or tastes upon the community at
large; and by the government whenever it seeks to reduce or deny public access
to public information.
7. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the
freedom to read by providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of
thought and expression. By the exercise of this affirmative responsibility, they
can demonstrate that the answer to a "bad" book is a good one, the answer to a
"bad" idea is a good one.
This statement was originally issued in May of 1953 by the Westchester Conference of
the American Library Association and the American Book Publishers Council, which in
1970 consolidated with the American Educational Publishers Institute to become the
Association of American Publishers.
Adopted June 25, 1953, by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee;
amended January 28, 1972; January 16, 1991; July 12, 2000; June 30, 2004.
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The Freedom to View Statement
The freedom to view, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected
by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there
is no place for censorship of any medium of expression. Therefore these principles are
affirmed:
1. To provide the broadest access to film, video, and other audiovisual materials
because they are a means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation
is essential to insure the constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression.
2. To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video,
and other audiovisual materials.
3. To provide film, video, and other audiovisual materials which represent a
diversity of views and expression. Selection of a work does not constitute or
imply agreement with or approval of the content.
4. To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or
prejudging film, video, or other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral,
religious, or political beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of
controversial content.
5. To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's
freedom to view.
This statement was originally drafted by the Freedom to View Committee of the
American Film and Video Association (formerly the Educational Film Library
Association) and was adopted by the AFVA Board of Directors in February 1979. This
statement was updated and approved by the AFVA Board of Directors in 1989.
Policy approved by the Library Board of Trustees – November 15, 2017
PROCEDURE:
The request for reconsideration procedure consists of the following steps:
Three reviewers will read, listen to and/or view the content in its entirety. The
reviewers will vary depending on the item in question. One reviewer will be the
selector responsible for that collection area. The other two reviewers will be
selectors or other library staff with relevant subject matter expertise.
Each reviewer will submit in writing her/his professional considered opinion
regarding the content of the item and whether it should be withdrawn, retained or
reclassified. A majority decision of the reviewers determines the result.
The coordinator will reply with the decision in writing within 60 days of the receipt
of the signed request.
If the reviewers should decide to withdraw or reclassify an item, it will be handled
according to normal library procedures.
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Decisions may be appealed through a requested meeting with the Library & Cultural
Arts director. The decision of the Library & Cultural Arts director regarding the item will
be final.
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Exhibit 2
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Purpose: Intellectual freedom
Organizational and administrative ease
Upholding citizens’ rights
POLICY:
Table of Contents
Collection Development Policy ..................................................................................................................... 1
Library and Community Profile ..................................................................................................................... 2
Collection Objectives .................................................................................................................................... 2
Authority and Responsibility for Collection Development ........................................................................... 3
Funding ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Materials Selection ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Criteria for Materials Selection ................................................................................................................. 4
Maintenance of the Collection ..................................................................................................................... 5
Assessment ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Deselection ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Controversial Items ................................................................................................................................... 5
Request for Reconsideration of Library Material ..................................................................................... 5
Donations ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Material Donations ................................................................................................................................... 6
Monetary Donations ................................................................................................................................. 7
Appendices .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Library Bill of Rights .................................................................................................................................. 8
Freedom to Read Statement ..................................................................................................................... 9
Freedom to View Statement ................................................................................................................... 13
Collection Development Policy
This Collection Development Policy offers guidance to library staff in the selection and retention
of materials for the Carlsbad City Library and serves to inform the public of the library’s
philosophy for selection and collection maintenance.
The library’s mission is to provide community members of all ages with convenient access to
high quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life.
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The guidelines are based on the library’s mission and the long-established principles of the
Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read Statement and Freedom to View Statement as adopted
by the American Library Association. The full text of these statements is in the appendix to this
document.
Policy review and revisions to reflect changes in the community and in collection development
needs are scheduled at least every five years.
Library and Community Profile
Carlsbad City Library consists of three library locations serving a population of 115,302 (2021) in
an area of approximately 39 square miles. All materials are discoverable in a single online
catalog, materials can be readily transferred among locations, and cardholders have the option
of using interlibrary loan services to request materials not owned by Carlsbad City Library.
In 2021, 13 percent of Carlsbad residents were aged 14 and younger and 16 percent were aged
65 and older. Of residents aged 25 and older, 97 percent completed high school. Housing was
61 percent owner occupied.
The library collections include materials of both contemporary significance and of long-term
value. Its focus is on resources of interest to the general public over esoteric or highly academic
resources. With specific exceptions, such as “young readers” editions and adaptations written
for adult literacy learners, the library does not purchase or add abridged editions of titles.
The print, audio, video and other holdings at the Dove Library facility provide the greatest
breadth and depth of scope because it is the largest of the three facilities. The Georgina Cole
and Learning Center facilities contain popular material in addition to the following special
collections:
The genealogy collection is a special reference and research collection with materials on family
history. Staff with subject matter expertise are available to assist researchers. The Carlsbad
History collection comprises materials that directly contribute to and enhance users’
understanding of the City of Carlsbad’s history. These two substantial collections are housed at
Georgina Cole Library.
The literacy section of the Learning Center provides specialized materials and resources to meet
the needs of English-speaking adults and teens who want to improve their basic reading and
writing skills, as well as the tutors who work with them. These materials are provided both for
circulation and for use in the literacy classrooms.
Collection Objectives
The purpose of the collection is to provide library materials in various formats to meet the
informational, cultural and recreational needs of Carlsbad community members. The library
strives to meet these needs within the limitations of space, staffing and budget.
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The collection, taken as a whole, provides varied sources of information representing as many
viewpoints as possible with the goal of providing free and equal access to ideas and content.
Subjects and viewpoints are covered in sufficient depth and breadth to meet anticipated and
expressed individual and community needs. To foster enjoyment of reading and unfettered
access to material, the library avoids labeling in a way that would preempt a person's
judgement of the material.
Through all the library’s endeavors, including development of the collections, it strives to create
a sense of belonging for all people, including those who have been historically
underrepresented or misrepresented. It acknowledges that every person is a complex individual
with multiple overlapping identities.
The library recognizes the value of individuals based on their unique combination of
characteristics, encompassing the entire range of human differences, some of which are race,
ethnicity, cultural heritage, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age,
socioeconomic status, physical and cognitive ability or attributes, religious affiliation, national
origin, citizenship and political beliefs. It also recognizes and appreciates that diversity extends
beyond these characteristics to include many others related to personal experience, personality
type, learning style, family background and more.
Exposure to the diversity of human experience can expand a person's capacity for
understanding and acceptance. . To this end, the library commits to continually building a
collection that reflects and amplifies the mosaic of human identity and experience.
Decisions regarding collection development are made with an understanding of the dynamic
and diverse nature of the local community. The collection development team incorporates the
aforementioned factors in its work.
Authority and Responsibility for Collection Development
The Library Board of Trustees has authority to approve policy that guides collection
development work. The responsibility for all materials and resources selected rests with the
Library & Cultural Arts (L&CA) director. Collection management is delegated by the director to
the lead librarian responsible for collection development, who provides oversight and guidance
to collection coordinators and their team members, all of whom are qualified for this duty by
education, training, job classification and knowledge of the community. These staff members
have the authority to interpret and apply this policy in daily operation.
Funding
The L&CA director establishes budgets and objectives for the purchase of physical materials and
other resources and secures funds during the citywide annual budget process. In fiscal year
2022-23, the city’s budget allocation for materials was approximately six percent of the overall
library budget. When available, donated funds may be used to increase or enhance the
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collection. Donated funds are not designated to replace regular operating budget funds
allocated for the purchase of materials.
Materials Selection
Staff make decisions that meet the collection objectives of the library based on the criteria in
this collection development policy, authoritative information resources and their professional
judgment. Staff add current materials and review the collection areas to ensure that standard
items and older imprints relevant to the collection are included.
The public may submit recommendations of items to purchase. The criteria for materials
selection apply to purchase requests.
Criteria for Materials Selection
The general criteria for selection are applied to all formats of materials and to both new and
older titles being considered for withdrawal, replacement and/or duplication. The established
criteria for all subjects, formats and audiences include:
• actual or anticipated community demand or need
• favorable reviews in professional media
• critical acclaim or regional/national awards
• literary, artistic, historical, scientific, or intellectual merit
• permanent or timely value
• accurate information
• social significance
• importance of the subject matter to the collection
• reputation and qualifications of the author, illustrator, publisher, or producer
• suitability of physical format
• professional quality of manufacture or production, such as editing, sound/video,
art/typography, printing/binding
• price
• availability in the marketplace from a reputable United States publisher or distributor
In addition, the following criteria apply specifically to electronic resources, which are preferred
to be device and platform neutral, use open and/or public file formats and support the
traditional legal principles of first sale and fair use:
• accessibility
• security of patron information
The importance or weight of each of these factors will vary from one acquisition to another and
materials for adults, teens, and children may each be judged differently. An item need not meet
all these criteria to be acceptable.
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Maintenance of the Collection
The library follows guidelines for maintenance, in terms of appropriate evaluation and
retention procedures, commonly used by public libraries. Staff expertise and local needs and
interests also contribute.
Assessment
Collection assessment is the ongoing process of evaluating what is in the collection and how
much it is used, as well as what patrons need and request. Staff use a variety of tools, including
statistics from circulation and surveys of users, reports on usage generated from the library’s
data analysis software, standard bibliographies and physical assessment of materials to
evaluate materials. The staff regularly evaluate how well the collection meets community needs
to ensure that it provides the optimum level of resources.
Deselection
Thoughtful deselection is one result of the regularly scheduled evaluation of the content and
physical condition of the collection. It is an integral part of collection management to maintain
a vital, relevant, useful and up-to-date collection.
Deselection work is performed according to current CREW (continuous review, evaluation and
weeding) guidelines, a standard for the library profession. Deselection decisions are made
based on incorrect, misleading or obsolete content; poor physical condition; excess number of
copies in the collection; and the combination of low use and questionable current value.
Deselected materials are clearly marked to indicate withdrawal. Discarded materials are not given or
sold directly to the public or staff. Items still in reasonable condition are transferred to the Friends of
the Library for resale or redistribution. Remaining materials, such as those in damaged
condition or that are outdated, are recycled using the city recycling utility. Controversial Items
Libraries in America are cornerstones of the communities they serve. Free access to the books,
ideas, resources, and information in America’s libraries is imperative for education,
employment, enjoyment, and self-government. (Libraries: An American Value)
The library promotes and protects free access to information, knowledge, opinion and creative
works. By representing multiple points of view within the collection, the library will inevitably
contain materials that are offensive to some members of the community. Selection of materials
by the library staff does not indicate endorsement of the contents or the views expressed in
those materials. The library will not acquire materials that have been declared obscene by the
courts.
Request for Reconsideration of Library Material
Forms are available at all three library facilities so that patrons within our service area may
indicate that they would like an item held in the collection to be reclassified or reconsidered for
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its continued inclusion in the library collection. Library staff will review the material only upon
receipt of a completed and signed Request for Reconsideration form.
After a formal review is completed by staff, the review coordinator will notify the person who
initiated the review of the decision. Decisions may be appealed through a requested meeting
with the L&CA director.
The library will perform a maximum of three reviews at one time. An item that has been
reviewed through this procedure will not be eligible for review again for 36 months.
Donations
Carlsbad City Library welcomes and is grateful for donations of materials and cash. Upon
request, the library will provide acknowledgment to donors to serve as a tax receipt. The library
does not place a value on material donations.
Material Donations
Material left at the library becomes the property of the library, may be considered for inclusion
in the library collection and cannot be returned. The library reserves the privilege of deciding
whether the material should be added, and to which collection. The criteria for materials
selection apply. The library supports authors and performers associated with Library & Cultural
Arts programming by considering for inclusion in the collection their works that supplement the
program and adhere to the materials selection criteria. Anything not added to the library's
collection is made available to the Friends of the Carlsbad Library and may be sold by the
Friends.
The library selectively culls some of the donated material and makes it available to library
cardholders and non-cardholders for all audience levels at all library locations. This practice
provides convenient access to puzzles, games and high demand paperbacks, which are not
cataloged due to their ephemeral nature. Mass market paperbacks, also called pocket
paperbacks, in the adult and teen Read & Return collections may be duplicates of titles in the
cataloged collection or may be titles which are not available in other formats. Pocket
paperbacks are less than five inches wide. Their low production quality does not stand up well
to library use, making them a poor investment. Trade paperbacks are more than five inches
wide, are physically more robust than pocket paperbacks and are appropriately purchased and
included in the circulating collections.
Gifts of special collections will be accepted only if there are no restrictions for their use. Special
collections are made available to all users on an equal basis, with no special privileges for
individuals or groups. Gifts of special collections become the property of the library with
respect to housing, use, circulation and withdrawal. Gifts of magazine subscriptions may be
accepted by the library subject to the same selection and retention policies as regular
subscriptions.
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Monetary Donations
The library accepts tax deductible donations of cash for the purpose of collection enhancement.
A memorial donation is created when funds are donated to add materials to the collection,
usually in memory or honor of an individual or group. The library welcomes general suggestions
for purchases with memorial donations and tries to find materials which are satisfactory to
both the donor and the library.
Groups or individuals may work with the Library & Cultural Arts director or the lead librarian
responsible for collection development to set up memorial funds for larger or long-term
purchases of materials or to set up standing arrangements for purchases of items donated in
memoriam. The library reserves the right to accept or reject any such proposed fund, standing
arrangement or donation of funds.
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Appendices
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.
I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and
enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be
excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current
and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or
doctrinal disapproval.
III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide
information and enlightenment.
IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment
of free expression and free access to ideas.
V. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age,
background, or views.
VI. Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve
should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or
affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.
VII. All people, regardless of origin, age, background, or views, possess a right to privacy and
confidentiality in their library use. Libraries should advocate for, educate about, and protect
people’s privacy, safeguarding all library use data, including personally identifiable information.
Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948;
February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; January 29, 2019.
Inclusion of “age” reaffirmed January 23, 1996.
Although the Articles of the Library Bill of Rights are unambiguous statements of basic
principles that should govern the service of all libraries, questions do arise concerning
application of these principles to specific library practices. See the documents designated by
the Intellectual Freedom Committee as Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights.
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Freedom to Read Statement
The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private
groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove or limit
access to reading materials, to censor content in schools, to label "controversial" views, to
distribute lists of "objectionable" books or authors, and to purge libraries. These actions
apparently rise from a view that our national tradition of free expression is no longer valid; that
censorship and suppression are needed to counter threats to safety or national security, as well
as to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals. We, as individuals devoted
to reading and as librarians and publishers responsible for disseminating ideas, wish to assert
the public interest in the preservation of the freedom to read.
Most attempts at suppression rest on a denial of the fundamental premise of democracy: that
the ordinary individual, by exercising critical judgment, will select the good and reject the bad.
We trust Americans to recognize propaganda and misinformation, and to make their own
decisions about what they read and believe. We do not believe they are prepared to sacrifice
their heritage of a free press in order to be "protected" against what others think may be bad
for them. We believe they still favor free enterprise in ideas and expression.
These efforts at suppression are related to a larger pattern of pressures being brought against
education, the press, art and images, films, broadcast media, and the Internet. The problem is
not only one of actual censorship. The shadow of fear cast by these pressures leads, we
suspect, to an even larger voluntary curtailment of expression by those who seek to avoid
controversy or unwelcome scrutiny by government officials.
Such pressure toward conformity is perhaps natural to a time of accelerated change. And yet
suppression is never more dangerous than in such a time of social tension. Freedom has given
the United States the elasticity to endure strain. Freedom keeps open the path of novel and
creative solutions, and enables change to come by choice. Every silencing of a heresy, every
enforcement of an orthodoxy, diminishes the toughness and resilience of our society and leaves
it the less able to deal with controversy and difference.
Now as always in our history, reading is among our greatest freedoms. The freedom to read and
write is almost the only means for making generally available ideas or manners of expression
that can initially command only a small audience. The written word is the natural medium for
the new idea and the untried voice from which come the original contributions to social
growth. It is essential to the extended discussion that serious thought requires, and to the
accumulation of knowledge and ideas into organized collections.
We believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a
creative culture. We believe that these pressures toward conformity present the danger of
limiting the range and variety of inquiry and expression on which our democracy and our
culture depend. We believe that every American community must jealously guard the freedom
to publish and to circulate, in order to preserve its own freedom to read. We believe that
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publishers and librarians have a profound responsibility to give validity to that freedom to read
by making it possible for the readers to choose freely from a variety of offerings.
The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution. Those with faith in free people will
stand firm on these constitutional guarantees of essential rights and will exercise the
responsibilities that accompany these rights.
We therefore affirm these propositions:
1. It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest
diversity of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular, or
considered dangerous by the majority.
Creative thought is by definition new, and what is new is different. The bearer of every
new thought is a rebel until that idea is refined and tested. Totalitarian systems attempt
to maintain themselves in power by the ruthless suppression of any concept that
challenges the established orthodoxy. The power of a democratic system to adapt to
change is vastly strengthened by the freedom of its citizens to choose widely from
among conflicting opinions offered freely to them. To stifle every nonconformist idea at
birth would mark the end of the democratic process. Furthermore, only through the
constant activity of weighing and selecting can the democratic mind attain the strength
demanded by times like these. We need to know not only what we believe but why we
believe it.
2. Publishers, librarians, and booksellers do not need to endorse every idea or
presentation they make available. It would conflict with the public interest for them to
establish their own political, moral, or aesthetic views as a standard for determining
what should be published or circulated.
Publishers and librarians serve the educational process by helping to make available
knowledge and ideas required for the growth of the mind and the increase of learning.
They do not foster education by imposing as mentors the patterns of their own thought.
The people should have the freedom to read and consider a broader range of ideas than
those that may be held by any single librarian or publisher or government or church. It is
wrong that what one can read should be confined to what another thinks proper.
3. It is contrary to the public interest for publishers or librarians to bar access to writings
on the basis of the personal history or political affiliations of the author.
No art or literature can flourish if it is to be measured by the political views or private
lives of its creators. No society of free people can flourish that draws up lists of writers
to whom it will not listen, whatever they may have to say.
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4. There is no place in our society for efforts to coerce the taste of others, to confine adults
to the reading matter deemed suitable for adolescents, or to inhibit the efforts of
writers to achieve artistic expression.
To some, much of modern expression is shocking. But is not much of life itself shocking?
We cut off literature at the source if we prevent writers from dealing with the stuff of
life. Parents and teachers have a responsibility to prepare the young to meet the
diversity of experiences in life to which they will be exposed, as they have a
responsibility to help them learn to think critically for themselves. These are affirmative
responsibilities, not to be discharged simply by preventing them from reading works for
which they are not yet prepared. In these matters values differ, and values cannot be
legislated; nor can machinery be devised that will suit the demands of one group
without limiting the freedom of others.
5. It is not in the public interest to force a reader to accept the prejudgment of a label
characterizing any expression or its author as subversive or dangerous.
The ideal of labeling presupposes the existence of individuals or groups with wisdom to
determine by authority what is good or bad for others. It presupposes that individuals
must be directed in making up their minds about the ideas they examine. But Americans
do not need others to do their thinking for them.
6. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians, as guardians of the people's freedom
to read, to contest encroachments upon that freedom by individuals or groups seeking
to impose their own standards or tastes upon the community at large; and by the
government whenever it seeks to reduce or deny public access to public information.
It is inevitable in the give and take of the democratic process that the political, the
moral, or the aesthetic concepts of an individual or group will occasionally collide with
those of another individual or group. In a free society individuals are free to determine
for themselves what they wish to read, and each group is free to determine what it will
recommend to its freely associated members. But no group has the right to take the law
into its own hands, and to impose its own concept of politics or morality upon other
members of a democratic society. Freedom is no freedom if it is accorded only to the
accepted and the inoffensive. Further, democratic societies are more safe, free, and
creative when the free flow of public information is not restricted by governmental
prerogative or self-censorship.
7. It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the freedom to
read by providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of thought and expression.
By the exercise of this affirmative responsibility, they can demonstrate that the answer
to a "bad" book is a good one, the answer to a "bad" idea is a good one.
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The freedom to read is of little consequence when the reader cannot obtain matter fit
for that reader's purpose. What is needed is not only the absence of restraint, but the
positive provision of opportunity for the people to read the best that has been thought
and said. Books are the major channel by which the intellectual inheritance is handed
down, and the principal means of its testing and growth. The defense of the freedom to
read requires of all publishers and librarians the utmost of their faculties, and deserves
of all Americans the fullest of their support.
We state these propositions neither lightly nor as easy generalizations. We here stake out a
lofty claim for the value of the written word. We do so because we believe that it is possessed
of enormous variety and usefulness, worthy of cherishing and keeping free. We realize that the
application of these propositions may mean the dissemination of ideas and manners of
expression that are repugnant to many persons. We do not state these propositions in the
comfortable belief that what people read is unimportant. We believe rather that what people
read is deeply important; that ideas can be dangerous; but that the suppression of ideas is fatal
to a democratic society. Freedom itself is a dangerous way of life, but it is ours.
This statement was originally issued in May of 1953 by the Westchester Conference of the
American Library Association and the American Book Publishers Council, which in 1970
consolidated with the American Educational Publishers Institute to become the Association of
American Publishers.
Adopted June 25, 1953, by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee;
amended January 28, 1972; January 16, 1991; July 12, 2000; June 30, 2004.
A Joint Statement by:
American Library Association
Association of American Publishers
Subsequently endorsed by:
American Booksellers for Free Expression
The Association of American University Presses
The Children's Book Council
Freedom to Read Foundation
National Association of College Stores
National Coalition Against Censorship
National Council of Teachers of English
The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
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Freedom to View Statement
The FREEDOM TO VIEW, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected by
the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there is no
place for censorship of any medium of expression. Therefore, these principles are affirmed:
1. To provide the broadest access to film, video, and other audiovisual materials because
they are a means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to
insure the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression.
2. To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and
other audiovisual materials.
3. To provide film, video, and other audiovisual materials which represent a diversity of
views and expression. Selection of a work does not constitute or imply agreement with
or approval of the content.
4. To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or prejudging film,
video, or other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral, religious, or political
beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content.
5. To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's
freedom to view.
This statement was originally drafted by the Freedom to View Committee of the American Film
and Video Association (formerly the Educational Film Library Association) and was adopted by
the AFVA Board of Directors in February 1979. This statement was updated and approved by
the AFVA Board of Directors in 1989.
Endorsed January 10, 1990, by the ALA Council
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Update to Carlsbad City Library’s
Collection Development Policy
Sheila Crosby, Deputy Library Director
Jacqui Petri, Lead Librarian in Collection & Technical Services
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•Added more inclusive language recognizing that the collection strives to reflect
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•Removed and replaced with language about individual special collections
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•Replaced abridged Freedom to Read statement in the appendix with the
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