The primary purpose of collection development at Oak Park Public Library is to anticipate and be responsive to the diverse informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs of Oak Park residents of all ages and levels of education. We provide an up-to-date, carefully selected, and well-balanced collection of the best materials available in print, audiovisual, and electronic formats.

In order to supply popular fiction and nonfiction titles as soon as possible, many of these titles are ordered on a pre-publication basis, frequently two or three months ahead of the date of publication. The Library Catalog indicates if a book has been ordered but not yet received by the Library. The selection of other new material is based on a combination of reviews in a variety of popular, professional, and specialist journals and patron interests.

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2005 Collection Evaluation (PDF file, 46 pages, 140KB)
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Collection Development Manager - Bleue J. Benton,