The Palacios Library strives to provide material that meets the day-to-day educational, informational, cultural, and recreational interests and needs of the community. The library endeavors to purchase materials which are of permanent and current value, and represent the best available to meet the community's needs.

The following principles will condition selection:
       1. Contemporary significance or permanent value.
       2. Accuracy.
       3. Authority of author.
       4. Relation of work to existing collection.
       5. Price, format, and ease of use.
       6. Scarcity of information in subject areas.
       7. Availability of material elsewhere in community.
       8. Popular demand and local interest.
       9. Space availability.

       The library supports intellectual freedom and has adopted the following statement as policy: ALA Freedom to Read Statement, ALA Library Bill of Rights, and the "Freedom to View" statement of the American Film and Video Association. The responsibility for the choice of children' s materials rests with their parents or legal guardians. Selection should not be inhibited by the possibility that materials may inadvertently come into the possession of children. The library does not stand in loco parentis. Citizen requests for reconsideration shall be made in writing and given to the librarian for a written response. Appeals are directed to the Board for final decision.
       An up-to-date, attractive, and useful collection is maintained by retaining or replacing essential materials, and removing, on a systematic and continuous basis, those works that are worn, outdated, of little historical significance, or no longer in demand.
       Gifts shall meet the same selection criteria as purchased materials. Gifts are accepted subjects to the following limitations: (1) the library retains unconditional ownership; (2) the library makes the final decision on acceptance, use, or disposition.
       Any Palacios Library branch will follow the same policy as the Palacios Library, Inc.
       The director has the responsibility for material selection and weeding.
       The Collection Policy will be reviewed as needed.