SELF ASSESSMENT QUIZ #18


COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY COMPONENT I
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1. Which of the following characteristics are essential for a library mission statement:
a. Concise
b. Eloquent
c. Meaningful
d. Specific
e. Measurable

2. The purpose of the policy is self-evident and does not need to be stated as part of the policy.
True     False

3. The description of the library might include which of the following elements:
a. Size and location of the building (or buildings if more than one)
b. Approximate size of the collections
c. Formats of significance
d. The names of the board members
e. Important programming elements such as summer reading, outreach services, or preschool story hour but without practical information like days, dates, times
f. The history of the library
 4. The library’s philosophy and intentions about which of the following issues should always be included in this first section of the collection development policy:
a. Copyright law
b. Confidentiality of library records
c. Unsupervised or unaccompanied children
d. Interlibrary loan
e. Overdue materials
f. Cooperative or collaborative collection development

5. The elements for this section of the collection development policy must always be arranged in this order.
True     False

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