The Curriculum Materials Library (CML) is located on the second floor of the Mason Library. The collection concentrates on pre-K to grade 12 geography, language arts, mathematics, reading, science, social studies, and school counseling teaching materials, with the emphasis on practical materials presenting teaching methods and activities. 
The collection includes:
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It is the mission of The Curriculum Materials Library (CML) to provide pre-kindergarten to grade 12 materials to use and preview within classroom settings to the following populations throughout New Hampshire:
In addition, the CML serves the New Hampshire Technical Colleges.
Secondarily, the CML makes its collections available to any New Hampshire educator, including school social workers, school psychologists, and those who home-school; and to members of the Keene Public Library.
The Curriculum Materials Library (CML) is home to a circulating collection of curriculum and professional development materials for in-service and pre-professional educators. The CML provides pre-kindergarten to grade 12 materials for preview and use in classroom settings to two distinct populations: KSC Education faculty and students; and vocational-technical educators throughout New Hampshire. Secondarily, the CML makes its collections available to any New Hampshire educator, including those who home-school. In addition, the collection is available to those who purchase an external borrower card, hold borrowing privileges at Keene Public Library, and via interlibrary loan.
Fund Allocations
The CML receives partial funding through Keene State College (KSC) to support the College's pre-K-12 education programs. This support is supplemented by a federal grant Carl D. Perkins vocational-technical legislation awarded through the New Hampshire Department of Education. The CML houses materials purchased by the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance (NHGA), a grant-funded program administered by the NHGA at KSC. In addition, the CML is home to the Safe Schools Collection, a grant-funded collection that consists of curricula, videos, games, and teacher training materials about anger management, violence and bullying prevention, conflict resolution, diversity, social skills, and humane education.
Collection Guidelines
To meet the stated goals, the following types of materials are collected:
Selection Responsibility
Selection of materials for inclusion in the CML is the responsibility of the Curriculum Materials Library staff and the Education faculty. Recommendations are welcome from Mason Library staff, KSC students, New Hampshire Department of Education personnel, and New Hampshire educators. Although some overlap with Mason Library is inevitable, materials for the CML are primarily hands-on materials that teachers can use in the classroom. They are selected with an eye to the uniqueness of the material, appropriateness to the intent of the funding source, and needs of borrowers. Materials are selected according to the criteria delineated below:
Other criteria:
Collection Maintenance
Weeding, or the removal of materials from the collection, is an integral and ongoing aspect of collection management. The CML uses the following criteria for weeding:
Policies
The CML subscribes to the Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers as put forth by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The CML adopts Mason Library's position on gifts, confidentiality, and theft and mutilation of library materials. The CML also subscribes to the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights.
Comfortable Study and Discussion Space
Demonstration/Practice Classroom with SMART Technologies
Small Group Work Room
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