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Mountain View board approves updated collection-development policy to meet state requirement
Summary
The Mountain View Public Library Board voted to adopt a revised collection development policy that incorporates objectives from Assembly Bill 1825, which the presenters said requires public libraries that receive state funding to maintain a written, publicly accessible policy by Jan. 1, 2026.
The Mountain View Public Library Board of Trustees voted to approve an updated Collection Development Policy after staff said changes were needed to comply with a recently passed state bill.
Library senior librarian Cort Fields told the board that “in September 2024, California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill number 1825, also known as the California Freedom to Read Act,” and that the bill requires public-library jurisdictions that receive state funding to “establish, adopt, and maintain a written and publicly accessible collection development policy for its libraries by 01/01/2026.” Fields said the policy revision incorporated objectives taken from the bill and condensed the library’s prior policy from 2019.
The revised policy, presented by Fields and Alex Pantezas of the youth bookmobile and collections division, describes the library’s selection and deselection (withdrawal) guidelines, procedures for gifts and donations, and a process for patrons to request…
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