6.4 Collection Maintenance

Recognizing that a public library best serves the community by providing a collection of materials which is actively used, the Board of Trustees supports the concept of regular weeding of all library materials. Items which are unused because of inaccuracy, lack of interest, or physical deterioration will be removed from the collection under the supervision of the Library Director who may assign other staff to select materials to be withdrawn from their area of expertise. The same criteria used in selecting materials will be used in removing or replacing materials from the collection.   Items withdrawn from the collection will be disposed of at the discretion of the Library Director.

Initial Adoption Date: May 3, 1976
Modification Date(s)
February 5, 1980: substitution of the word "disposition" for "disposal" 
November 13, 2024: Reviewed and affirmed existing policy; removed the qualifier “small” as STL is not considered a small library; combined the two paragraphs of the original text into one.