Standard V. Program Management and Administration

Candidates plan, develop, implement, and evaluate school library programs, resources, and services in support of the mission of the library program within the school according to the ethics and principles of library science, education, management, and administration. Elements

5.1 Collections
5.2 Professional Ethics
5.3 Personnel, Funding, and Facilities
5.4 Strategic Planning and Assessment

AASL Standards 2010

Intellectual Freedom

Here is a video that very clearly explains the basics of Intellectual Freedom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8HMkHjBqJs 

ALA Resources

I found these pages on ALA to be most useful:

American Library Association’s Code of Ethics  http://www.ala.org/advocacy/proethics/codeofethics/codeethics
American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom resources  http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom
American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom  http://www.ala.org/offices/oif

Texas Guidelines for School Library Programs

This is the Texas Guidelines for School Library Programs
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/schoollibs/sls/introduction.html

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