Library stock management policy
The aim of our stock management policy is to explain:
- how we choose library stock
- how we maintain and promote it
- how we circulate stock to ensure the widest choice of reading
- why and how we decide to keep some items and remove others
- our position on censorship
The objectives of the stock management policy are to:
- promote a unified approach to stock selection and management
- improve and develop our stock, and ensure effective use
- optimise value and minimise waste in stock purchase
- enable increased efficiency and effective management of the Information Investment Fund (also known as our bookfund)
- present, provide and improve stock which is relevant and attractive to library users, and to the communities we serve
- increase the use of our stock
- promote literacy and reading