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Thank you for thinking of Sarasota County Libraries and Historical Resources for your book. We would love to accept your donation, however, we first need to make sure your item meets our criteria for selection.
Selection Criteria for Donations/Purchases:
Accuracy of information
Significance of subject matter
Potential use by patrons
Cost
Critical reviews
Local interest
Popular demand/current trends
Availability
Literary merit/artistic quality
Relationship to other materials
To assist the Collection Development Librarians in this process, please include:
Published reviews or evaluations of the book.
Information on ordering sources.
Your contact information (phone number and return address).
If the book is not added to the collection it will be returned.
The Library system has a “floating collection” which means that the materials are part of the general collection and do not remain in a specific library’s collection.
For more information on the Collection Development Policies, please look here: Collection Development Policy
If you are an author who would like to have your book added to the Sarasota County Public Library collection, please follow these guidelines. Our friendly staff is available to help answer any questions you may have.
For Adult materials you can contact Collection Development Librarian, Carly Forrest.
For Children’s and Young Adult materials contact Collection Development Librarian, Tyra Keating.
Include the information described above and mail directly to:
Selby Library
1331 1st St
Sarasota, FL 34236
If you have any questions, please feel free to give us a call: Info Central/Sarasota County Libraries - 941-861-1110.
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