Book Selection Policy

The White Cloud Community Library aims to provide material that will meet the day-to-day educational, informational, cultural and recreational interests and needs of the community.

To fulfill this purpose, the library endeavors to purchase those books which are of permanent and current value, and represent the best available to meet the community interest and needs. The selection is to provide best sellers, light fiction and popular non-fiction books. The purchases systematically build up a well-rounded adult collection and juvenile collection. This collection should present the best possible to enrich the public's literary and artistic tastes, to satisfy their informational needs and provide recreational reading at all levels of growth.

Obsolescence, damage and normal wear and tear make the discarding of books a continuing process. A careful study of each book will be made, especially non-fiction titles, taking into consideration several factors: number of copies remaining in the library, provisions of adequate coverage in the field, other similar material in the collection (especially more recent and authoritative material), and the need for the particular title or subject.

Books offered as gifts must meet the standards adopted for book selections, unless they are by Michigan authors or are of particular local or historical interest. The librarian reserves the right to discard any undesirable materials.

Paperbacks are bought occasionally, either to explore a possible awaking interest or to fill a gap for which a regular book may seem too expensive.

- June 1999