PURPOSE
This collection development policy provides a broad overview of the criteria for selecting and deselecting materials for your library’s physical collection and digital subscriptions.
CLIENTELE AND GOALS
The CSI Library selects and purchases materials based on its mission to provide quality educational information and recreation primarily to CSI students, faculty and staff. All members of the public are welcome to use library resources within the building, but permanent residents of Twin Falls and Jerome counties who are 18 years old or older may acquire a library card free of charge, and check-out physical materials to enjoy outside of the library.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND DESELECTION
The CSI Library acquires resources based on the instructional programs and courses offered at the college, as well as student, faculty, and staff recommendations. Library staff regularly review your collection, then remove or replace outdated or damaged resources based on the needs of its primary patron base. As an academic library we recognize the importance of and exist to uphold freedom of inquiry, intellectual freedom, and academic freedom. As such we will not get rid of library materials due solely to personal preferences.
SELECTION AND ACQUISITION: GENERAL CRITERIA
The CSI Library adds resources to the collection mainly through purchases, and sometimes via donations. We select materials based on relevancy to the informational needs of students, faculty and staff, as well as affordability, currency and authority.
The CSI Library invites all patrons to communicate recommendations, requests and suggestions to library staff so that we can maintain our ongoing goal of constant improvement.
(1993, rev. Feb 2022, Feb 2025)