Collection Development for Religious Schools
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Collection Development for Religious Schools, CSLA 2011
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Collection Development Resources (Selection Policies, Weeding, and Challenge Policies)
- California Department of Education School Library Policies. Links to information on collection development, weeding, and other related information.
- School Library Collection Development Policies Directory of Books and Websites. A PDF file from Follett.
- SLDirectory.com. A large collection of links on collection development and weeding.
- ALA Workbook for Selection Policy Writing.
- AASL Essential Links: Resources for School Library Program Development. Lots of links on all kinds of documentation for your library.
Mission Plans, Goals, Vision Statements, etc.
- SLDirectory.com. Several links on writing mission plans, goals, or vision statements for your library, plus several examples.
Secular Vendors with a Wide Variety of Religious Publishers
Christian / Catholic Publishers & Vendors
- Association of Catholic Publishers. Links to dozens of Catholic publishers.
- Bethany House (Protestant & Catholic)
- ChristianBook (Protestant & Catholic)
- CrossWay (Protestant)
- Ignatius Press (Catholic)
- LifeWay Christian Books (Protestant & Catholic- great source for Christian magazines)
- TAN Books (Catholic)
- Thomas Nelson (Protestant & Catholic)
- Tyndale (Protestant)
- Zondervan (Protestant & Catholic)
Resources for Other Faiths
- Association of Jewish Book Publishers. The association is inactive, but many of their links to Jewish Publishers are still working.
- Association of Jewish Libraries. A nice collection of links to Jewish Library Resources.
- GoodWordBooks (Islamic Publisher)
- IslamicBookstore.com (Islamic Publisher)
- Jewish Lights Publishing
- Jewish Publication Society
- Llewellyn (Pagan Publisher)
- Shambhala (Buddhist Publisher)
- Wisdom Publications (Buddhist Publisher)
Books and Articles on Faith & Librarianship
