Major selection criteria (borrowed from the Collection Management Policy of Kolbe Catholic College, 2009, p.5-6)

Resources selected must :

1. Reflect curriculum needs.
2. Foster growth in factual knowledge, literacy, aesthetic and cultural appreciation, moral and ethical values.
3. Provide adequate information at appropriate levels for resource based/student-centred learning.
4. Have content, language, symbols and concepts at a suitable level for the intended user.
5. Be in the most suitable medium to present the subject matter.
6. Be relevant to Australian issues where appropriate.

Reference

Klobe Catholic College (2010). Collection Management Policy. Retrieved 13 March 2019, from https://interact2.csu.edu.au/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_42383_1&content_id=_2636321_1