Standards & Guidelines

Many units of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app have developed documents that give advice to librarians on various aspects of library service. These documents may be called "standards" or "guidelines."

Key Documents

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The categorized listing of Standards & Guidelines includes documents entitled “standards” and “guidelines” as well as other documents of a similar nature entitled “statements,” “rules,” and “criteria.”

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The Standards Manual gives definitions of those terms, describes the authority of units to develop them, and includes advice on format and related sources.