Policies and Guidelines
The NSDL in general subscribes to the ALA Library Bill of Rights.
In a library, the right to privacy is the right to open inquiry without having the subject of one's interest examined or scrutinized by others. A library maintains confidentiality when it keeps private personally identifiable information in its possession about users.
NSDL policies cover the NSDL Main Portal and those portals and services directly under the aegis of NSDL Library Services and Operations. Other portals and services may have their own policies, which may differ. Users are urged to be aware of the relevant policies on the portals and services they use.
Policies
- NSDL Collection Development Policy [.pdf]
This policy defines collection building practices and recommendations for NSDL. Date finalized: 12-10-2007. - Privacy Policy [.pdf]
This policy covers the privacy practices of the NSDL Main Portal and those portals and services directly under the authority of NSDL Library Services and Operations. - Developing and Approving Policies [.pdf]
This document describes the policy-making processes used by NSDL.
Guidelines and Best Practices
- Recommendations to the NSDL Community for Privacy Policy Implementation
This document contains suggestions and considerations to keep in mind when developing a web-site privacy policy. - NSDL.org Metadata Guidelines
The metadata guidelines defines the categories of metadata used by NSDL in describing educational resources for the provision of digital library services and the administration of those resources. The policy defines the rights of collection holders and NSDL to the display and redistribution of metadata held by NSDL. - NSDL.org Editorial Style Guide [.doc]
The editorial style guide have been developed to bring greater consistency to NSDL.org pages and the NSDL documents to which they link. These guidelines pertain to material generated by NSDL Core Integration for the NSDL.org site itself. - NSDL.org Branding Style Guide [.pdf]
This document describes the proper usage of the NSDL logo, colors, fonts and the proper way to refer to the NSDL brand. - NSDL.org Website and Accessibility Best Practices [.pdf]
This document contains the general web development and accessibility best practices for the creation of new web sites and the revision of existing web sites for NSDL.org.