views or content expressed in materials included in the collection or in displays. The library also does not endorse nor advocate the viewpoints or content expressed in meetings or by meeting room users. The collection, events, and exhibits are mostly of a popular nature with particular emphasis on children’s and juvenile literature, popular fiction, and independent learning resources. Despite its popular emphasis the library seeks to provide positively reviewed or recommended non-fiction resources as well.

Collections in the library are organized according to publisher-assigned categories such as Young Adult or Fiction. These categories indicate the marketed audience. They are not a rating of content which varies widely. The library respects each patron’s freedom to choose what they read and does not endorse any particular content. The library also respects each parent/guardian’s role in guiding content choices for their family. The library cannot judge values or categorize content for the community as a whole.

Selection Responsibility, Criteria, & Process

Duchesne County has delegated the responsibility for selection and evaluation of library resources, events, and exhibits to the Duchesne County Library System Board of Trustees and the library staff. The library selects materials through a variety of factors including:

• Anticipated demand
• Merit of the work as a whole
• Reviews from widely-recognized sources
• Current library system holdings and budget

The library will consider requests from patrons whose accounts are in good standing and library staff. Items of an illegal nature will not be included in the collection.

Following the aforementioned criteria, library staff members submit suggestions and accept resident patron requests for purchasing to the Branch Managers. Branch Managers then compile orders that are submitted to the Library Director for approval. Multiple formats of an item may be purchased if merited by patron demand. Requests for physical items whose publication date is more than 10 years past, are out-of-print, or of a high cost are considered for an Interlibrary Loan. Events, exhibits, etc., are suggested, evaluated and selected through the same process.

Deselection

The library collection is not an archive. It operates on limited physical space and budget facilitating a continual need to deselect and remove resources from the collection. Factors contributing to the deselection of a resource include:

• Currency of information
• Physical condition of the resource
• Lack of resource use by the community

Physical items in poor condition that are still in demand will be replaced if available and affordable. Items of lasting literary value—sometimes referred to as “classics” or other award winners—will be considered for retention despite its age. The library will seek to sell or repurpose deselected physical resources. Some digital resources are provided by the Beehive Library Consortium and other participating libraries. They are available to Duchesne County Library patrons, but are not