Many units of the ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵ have developed documents that give advice to librarians on various aspects of library service. These documents may be called "standards" or "guidelines."
The categorized listing of ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵStandards & Guidelines includes documents entitled “standards” and “guidelines” as well as other documents of a similar nature entitled “statements,” “rules,” and “criteria.”
The ÂÜÀòÍøÊÓƵStandards Manual gives definitions of those terms, describes the authority of units to develop them, and includes advice on format and related sources.