They constantly read the best seller lists from the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune . On line book reviews may also be used. We will also select books that you request. In the Youth Services Department - Two professional staff members select materials for preschool and Kindergarten through eighth grade readers. Selection differs from the Adult Department in that the selectors prefer to see the actual materials before they select them.
Sales representatives come to the library with their publisher's offerings.
Our selectors will often go to local book stores to see what is available. Each month we add an average of 450 new items to the total library collection. Reference and audiovisual materials are ordered when needed. Youth Services materials are ordered in large batches several times a year. However, space restrictions force us to weed our collection in order to maintain a maximum of eighty thousand volumes.