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Author/Illustrator/Publisher Guidelines

Anacortes [Submitting Work to Library] - pdf
Bellingham
Burlington - pdf
Fort Vancouver

Seattle
Sno-Isle [FAQ]
Spokane County [FAQ]
Whatcom - pdf

 

Materials Selection

Anacortes - pdf
Asotin - pdf
Bellingham
Camas - pdf
Cathlamet
CIN [Cooperative Electronic Collection Development Policy] - pdf
Cle Elum
Columbia County - pdf
Ellensburg - pdf
Everett
Fort Vancouver
Fort Vancouver - pdf
Fort Vancouver - pdf Russian
Fort Vancouver - pdf {Español}
Jefferson
Jefferson - pdf
Kelso - pdf
King [Material Evaluation]
King [Philosophy and Criteria]
Kitsap - pdf
La Conner - pdf
La Conner [Acquisitions] - pdf
Liberty Lake - pdf
Longview - pdf
Mid-Columbia
Mount Vernon - pdf
North Central - pdf
North Olympic - pdf
Ocean Shores - pdf

Pend Oreille - pdf
Pierce - pdf
Pomeroy - pdf
Port Townsend - pdf
Pullman - pdf
Pullman [Palouse Heritage] - pdf
Puyallup [Criteria] - pdf
Puyallup [Philosophy] - pdf
Reardan [+ Objectives] ↓
Richland
Ritzville
Ritzville - pdf
Roslyn
Seattle
Sno-Isle
Sno-Isle [Guidelines]
Spokane County - pdf
Spokane Public - pdf
Stevens - pdf
Tacoma - pdf
Timberland
Timberland [Guidelines]
Waitsburg - pdf
Walla Walla Public - pdf
Whatcom - pdf
Whitman - pdf
Wilbur
Yakima - pdf
Yakima - pdf {Español}

 

Purchase Suggestions

Asotin
Bellingham
Columbia County
Fort Vancouver [FAQ]
King [FAQ]
Kitsap [+ ILL]
Mid-Columbia
North Central
North Olympic
Pend Oreille
Pierce [+ ILL]

Pullman
Richland
San Juan Island
Seattle
Spokane County
Stevens
Tacoma [FAQ]
Walla Walla County
Whatcom
Yakima [FAQ]

 

Reconsideration

Camas [Materials Review Request] - pdf
Cle Elum - pdf
Columbia County - pdf
Ellensburg [Form] - pdf
Everett [Withdrawal or Addition] - pdf ↓
Kitsap [Form] - pdf
La Conner [Materials Comment] - pdf
La Conner [Materials Comment Form] - pdf
North Central - pdf

Puyallup [Statement of Concern Form] - pdf
Puyallup [Statement of Concern Policy] - pdf
Richland
Tacoma [Materials Complaint] - pdf
Waitsburg - pdf
Walla Walla Public - pdf
Whitman [Form] - pdf
Whitman [Procedures] - pdf

 

Weeding (Disposal of Materials

La Conner - pdf
Pullman - pdf

Walla Walla Public - pdf
Whatcom - pdf