ALA Standards & Guidelines
Many units of the ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ have developed documents that give advice to librarians on various aspects of library service. These documents may be called "standards" or "guidelines."
Key Documents
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The categorized listing of ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ Standards & Guidelines includes documents entitled “standards” and “guidelines” as well as other documents of a similar nature entitled “statements,” “rules,” and “criteria.”
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The ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ Standards Manual gives definitions of those terms, describes the authority of units to develop them, and includes advice on format and related sources.
