Selection Policy Draft Assignment

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Selection Policy Draft
Preferred mode: Team with one individual piece
Value: 10 points
Updated 1-14-09 (ready for 2009)
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Purpose
This assignment provides an early feedback opportunity for one of the two large products required in this course. The rationale for this assignment and full explanation for each of the three components are given in the Selection Policy Assignment description.

In this exercise, you will work as a group to construct two necessary components of a selection policy, and reflect as an individual upon your own stance regarding intellectual freedom. Full credit is given for complete assignments, along with qualitative formative feedback. We expect you to apply this feedback in your completed Selection Policy.

Task
First, you should read the entire Selection Policy Assignment for context.
Create a group of two to three people. Collaboratively, construct these essential components of a Selection Policy:

Selection Principles (these do not change much from year to year)
Annual Selection Targets

Restate the School Mission
Based on Program Goals from PDEP
These Targets very likely change every year.
Accompanied by Rationales that tie Target to Program Goal(s) and School Mission
Targets should clearly indicate the kinds of things to be purchased.
Develop one or more for this Draft. In your Final Order this semester, you will design a collection around a single Target. (In rea life, you will work with several at a time; for this learning experience, managing just one makes for an easier introduction.)

Selection criteria

Second (or parallel to the tasks above), reflect deeply about the principles of intellectual freedom. The Selection Policy requires you to state your position as a team. While you will eventually negotiate this position within your team, it is helpful to take time to think this through for yourself first. You may adopt AASL's position or ALA's position (AASL/ALA, 1998), adapt, combine, or reject them and replace with a statement of your own. Write out your position (in 3 double-spaced pages or less), citing any material you borrow. Most important, include your reasoning. Please submit this statement in your own WebCT dropbox under the Selection Policy Draft assignment. To clarify, each team member will submit a separate intellectual freedom statement. You may ask for confidentiality regarding this statement if you wish. It need not be that personal, but you have this option if you need it.

Tips and Advice

Format

This assignment need not be posted online beyond submitting it to the dropbox.
One group member should upload the group document, named according to the pattern below. No prints are necessary. List all members at the top. Number pages.
Perform a group self-assessment, and consider collecting an outside review of Selection parts (reviewers can be classmates or other SLM professionals); submit all paperwork in one folder.
In brief, submit:

One project file with rubric in one member's dropbox, named after this pattern: maryann-joe-sally-spd.doc
Separate intellectual freedom statements in each dropbox, named after this pattern: maryann-ifs.doc

Evaluation Checklist

Group members:
Component	Value	Your assessment	MAF's Assessment
Selection Principles listed	1
Annual Selection Target(s) with Rationale(s) provided	2
Rationale(s) link to School Mission	1
Rationale(s) link to PDEP Goal(s)	1
Selection Criteria listed	1
Individual: Intellectual Freedom Statement	4
Total

Reference

American Association of School Librarians and Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (1998). Information power: Building partnerships for learning. Chicago: American Library Association. [The ALA and AASL Intellectual Freedom positions statements are in the appendices, pp. 152-154.]
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