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Teacher Collection Policy

Providing library materials for use in school classrooms is an effective way to encourage children to develop a lifelong habit of reading.

Teacher collections may be requested by any certified public, private or parochial school teacher, or preschool or daycare instructor or homeschooler with a valid library card from any Discovery Place Library.

Teacher Collection Request Forms are available at Southwest Library locations. We suggest a minimum of 14 days' notice for the library to compile a teacher collection. A pick-up date should be established when the teacher collection is requested, and the teacher will be telephoned when the collection is ready.

This policy helps us serve youth to the best of our ability in times of limited funding and increased usage of library materials.

  1. A teacher's collection can include a maximum of 25 items or one per student if items are available, which can be on a specific subject, by a particular author or a general collection of fiction and nonfiction. Only items that circulate for 28 days will be included.

  2. Specific requested titles will be accepted, but not guaranteed.

  3. "Hot topic" subjects will be limited to a maximum of five (5) titles based on availability. Requests for seasonal books and books by visiting authors may be limited. Individual Southwest Public Library locations reserve the right to determine other "hot topics" at their locations.

  4. Teachers assume financial responsibility for any lost or damaged materials and will be charged the current late fee per item in the collection.
For additional information about teacher collections, please call your local branch.
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