Connections: Policy and Guidelines for School Libraries in Saskatchewan (2008)
Good Spirit School Division Selection Policy
ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA
- Relevance to the curriculum
- Age appropriateness for intended audience
- Quality and durability of format
- Accuracy and currency of information
- Credibility, reputation, and signficance of author, producer, publisher
- Artistic/literary quality
- Freedom from bias and stereotypes
- Accurate portrayals of Indian, Metis and Inuit peoples
Selection Aids
I Ministry of Education Curriculum Site
II Reviewing journals
D. The Medium
III Full Text Online Databases
A. Access the following online without purchasing a subscription
1. School librarian
2. Teacher-librarian
3. School Library Journal
4. Publisher’s Weekly
5. Booklist
6. Horn Book
7. School Libraries in Canada (index only)
B. Novelist and Novelist K-8
IV Websites
A. Book & Brier
E. S & B Books
G. Amazon