COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

1. The purpose of the collection development policy is to define the materials which will and will not be added to the library collection based on the role of the library as determined by the Library’s Mission Statement.

2. The Morrisville Library includes the following collections:

• Adult Fiction- Bestsellers, Mysteries, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Romance, Westerns, Local authors and subjects.
• Adult Non-Fiction- Non-fiction material of general interest on a wide variety of topics.  Also local authors and subjects.
• Juvenile/Easy Fiction- Quality preschool and elementary picture books and videos, learn to read books, board books.  Caldecott and Newbery and other prestigious award winners.  Local authors and subjects.
• Juvenile/Easy Non-Fiction- Material of general interest on a wide variety of topics.  Also a “Coping-Learning” section.  Caldecott and Newbery and other prestigious award winners.  Local authors and subjects.
• Young Adult Fiction- A wide variety of works in various genres including but not limited to: general fiction, Mysteries, science fiction and fantasy, westerns, romance and local authors and subjects
• Parenting- Informational and resource material for the purposes of aiding parents in the raising of their children, both of a general and specific nature.
• Reference- A wide-ranging and current collection of accurate reference material of both a general nature and on specific topics as needed by the community.
• Literacy- A collection of instructional and recreational materials to promote and assist with literacy development.
• Local History- As many materials concerning local history (both immediate and regional) as possible.
• Large Type- A collection of fiction and non-fiction materials to meet the needs of those who utilize large type materials for a variety of reasons.

3. Format of material included in the collection:

     The Morrisville Public Library collection includes and will continue to include as many varieties of format as demand and budget allow.  The library currently included books, periodicals, vertical file material (pamphlets and other small flat text or graphic material), newspapers, microfilm, audio cassettes, books and cassette sets, computer software, CD-ROM products, videotapes, phono records, games, puzzles, Polaroid cameras and photos.

4. The Morrisville Public Library collection does not include textbooks (unless it is determined by the Manager to be of extraordinary quality and enough general and current interest to be useful to either the community in general of a specific population served by the library (e.g. Literary textbook, sign language).

5. The Morrisville Public Library collection does not include periodicals or journals of a very specific or scholarly nature which are determined to be of little interest to the population served by the library.

6. The Library does not provide a City Directory or “crisscross” directory.

7. The Library makes a special effort to collect materials on gardening, cooking, crafts, mysteries, local history, by locals authors, large type and parenting resources in an effort to meet the many requests for such items by the community members.

8. In addition to providing materials owned by the Library itself to its patrons the Morrisville Public Library also participates in the services provided by the Mid-York Library System to enhance our own collection and also participates in resource sharing to the best of its ability, both as a lender and borrower.

Adopted 1-23-94