Each library exists to serve the needs of its own community of users. However, we acknowledge that the local collections cannot satisfy all the needs of every patron. While each library is responsible for developing a basic core collection, more and more are relying on cooperative activities to meet research and literary demands.
This plan mutually benefits all member districts by creating special collections in participating libraries that others in the system can draw upon through the established interlibrary loan network. The focus of Cooperative Collection Development is to develop and manage collections in a cost-effective and user-beneficial way. It is not meant to reduce costs but to improve services and maintain needed access to current resources in all formats to meet the rapidly changing needs of library patrons.
New York State Education Law requires each School Library System (SLS) to develop a Coordinated Cooperative Collection Development Plan (CCCD Plan).
Education Law 283: Functions of a School Library System
Commissioner Regulations 90.18 School Library Systems
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