Notary Service Suspended for May

Due to staffing changes, Notary service will not be available at the Library for the month of May, 2024.

West Des Moines City Hall offers free Notary services – please contact them ahead of time to arrange an appointment.

You can also search for Notaries in your area through the State’s Notary Search tool.

Collection Development Policy

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Collection Development

CHAPTER 3: COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Adopted by Board Action 1/17/2023

The policy linked below is excerpted from the latest approved copy of the West Des Moines Public Library Policy Manual.

Its main sections include:

  • Extent of Collection Policy
  • General Principles for Selection
  • Juvenile Books
  • Young Adult Books
  • Fiction - General
  • Nonfiction - General
  • Foreign Language Materials
  • Periodicals
  • Non-Print - Realia
  • Non-Print - Educational Kits
  • Non-Print - Media
  • Non-Print - Sound Recordings / Spoken Word
  • Non-Print - Internet Information Resources
  • Non-Print - Online Resources
  • New Forms of Media
  • Self-Published Works
  • Labeling and Restricted Shelves
  • Objections to Selected Materials
  • Theft and Mutilation
  • Weeding
  • Book Sale
  • Items Donated to the Library

Some individual policies can be separately accessed via our Policies page.  

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