Clearinghouse of Professional Information

Accreditation Resources

This section includes links to a number of resources on aspects of library management that will be useful to libraries working towards achieving or maintaining accreditation.  Other resources of interest, such as planning, policies and management may be found on other pages such as Board Development Resources (which has a general Policy writing section), Human Resources, Library Administration Resources, Sample Mission Statements, Sample Policies (By Topic), and Planning Resources pages.

OLS-North and SOLS staff use the Ontario Public Library Guidelines publication as assessment tool when working with libraries to help to plan for improvements. Using a guidelines checklist for assessment, the OLS staff develop a work plan with librarians in planning. OLS- North is the administrative body for the Ontario Guidelines, Monitoring and Accreditation Council. For more information about accreditation, you can contact either SOLS staff or OLS-North staff who also serve as auditors on Accreditation audit teams.


Topics include:

Accreditation - Ontario Public Library Guidelines | Guidelines and Standards | Policy writing | Sample Policies (By Topics)

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Accreditation - Ontario Public Library Guidelines
Guidelines and Standards
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