Acknowledgements

This document draws upon a variety of sources which have been adapted to the needs of the Maine State Library.  Among the sources consulted were:

• Boon, Belinda. The Crew Guidelines for Weeding Your Collection. Rev. ed. Austin: Texas State Library, 1995.
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/guidelines.html (Accessed Oct. 8, 2008).
• Challenged Materials: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights. Chicago: American Library Association, July 26, 2006.
  http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/interpretations/challengedmaterials.cfm (Accessed October 8, 2008).
• Freedom to Read Statement. Chicago: American Library Association, July 26, 2006.
  

  http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/ftrstatement/freedomreadstatement.cfm (Accessed Oct. 8, 2008).

• Hennepin County Library Materials Selection Section. Circulating Collection Development Manual. Minnetonka: Hennepin County Library, 1991.
• Library Bill of Rights. Chicago: American Library Association, June 30, 1996.
  http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights.cfm (Accessed Oct. 8, 2008).
• Maine State Library Reader and Information Services Division. Selection Policy.  Augusta:  Maine State Library, 1986.
• Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. Title 27, Sec. 2 (Library Contents).
• Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. Title 27, Sec. 110, Sub-Sections 2, 12 (Area Reference and Resource Center, Research Center).
• Sara Hightower Regional Library.  Collection Development Policy.  Dev. Melanie Caldwell.  Rome: Sara Hightower Regional Library, May 15, 1995.
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