Within the confines of budget and space, the New Lenox Public Library District shall acquire and maintain an organized collection of materials for use by the patrons it serves. The Library is guided by a sense of responsibility to the past, present and the future of the community and therefore adds materials, which will enhance the collection while attempting to preserve an intellectual balance. The Library also accepts as its responsibility the selection of materials that will add intellectual enlightenment and recreational pleasure even though such materials may not have enduring interest.
This policy governs the decisions to add items to the collection or to retain or discard material already in the collection. Items added to the collection will be chosen by the knowledgeable staff of the New Lenox Public Library with the intention of building a collection that reflects the needs and desires of the patrons it serves and keeping in mind the demographics and community profile of the district.
Library staff responsible for selecting items to be added or removed from the collection do so with an understanding of the community profile, and strive to build a collection that reflects the desires of the community we serve.
Adopted by the Board of Trustees January 11, 1999; Revised January 10, 2005; Updated June 14, 2010; Updated December 12, 2011; Updated April 21, 2014; Updated March 25, 2015; Updated April 12, 2016; Updated December 11, 2017; Updated November 12, 2024