Storytime Commons collection development policy
All-Humans Guarantee: ALL stories are written by humans. ALL stories are narrated by humans. ALL story pictures are illustrated by humans. Our AI policy
Purpose of collection
The LibraryCall Storytime Commons is an online repository of content available to LibraryCall customers. The purpose of the Storytime Commons is to provide a platform for LibraryCall customers to access and share high-quality, educational, enriching, and inclusive audio content.
Future planning and resources
The collection budget will be used to grow and enhance LibraryCall’s diverse and multilingual collections. Galecia Group will prioritize hiring diverse, multilingual content developers and will license original material with a focus on diverse authors and readers.
Scope of collection
The Storytime Commons is intended to be a repository of high-quality, engaging audio content, with children ages 3-10 as the target audience.
The scope of the collection will be driven by LibraryCall customer demand, and the expectation is that some portion of the material in Storytime Commons will be contributed by customers.
Content shall include public domain material adapted, translated, and recorded by the LibraryCall team, original stories by LibraryCall contributors, and material licensed to the Storytime Commons with written permission of the copyright holder.
All Storytime Commons stories are written, narrated and illustrated by people. We don’t use generative AI to create or produce them (see our AI policy).
Storytime Commons content will be hosted in LibraryCall’s online repository built, maintained, and hosted by Galecia Group. All Storytime Commons content will be housed and archived on Librarycall.com in mp3 format. Storytime Commons stories are available to LibraryCall customers and are included in their subscription. Many are also available to the public as audiobooks through audiobook suppliers.
Whenever possible, the collection will include printable read-along versions of stories to accompany recordings. These should also reflect current best practices for diversity and inclusion by the American Library Association.
Collection responsibility
The Storytime Commons Collection is managed and maintained by dedicated staff at Galecia Group. Materials submitted to the Commons must be vetted by Galecia Group staff for diversity and inclusivity and recording quality, to ensure the subject and language is appropriate for the intended audiences, and to confirm they were made by people, without generative AI.
Feedback or concerns regarding Storytime Commons titles or resource content can be directed to team@librarycall.com.
Collection evaluation and measurements
The collection will be evaluated on an ongoing basis. Statistics will be measured annually, including usage statistics and feedback from library users. Selection and deselection will include the collection policy guidelines as well as evaluation of usage statistics and feedback from LibraryCall customers who may suggest topics, authors, and content type needed for their Dial-a-Story programming. Material may be withdrawn for lack of demand or if the content is no longer deemed acceptable as a result of changing cultural sensitivities.
Policy revision
The collection policy will be reviewed and updated on an annual basis or more frequently as needed.
Updated 30 October 2026: renamed the No-AI Guarantee the All-Humans Guarantee and wrote its three lines as full sentences. Previously updated 28 October 2026 (added the guarantee, updated the contact email and how the stories are made available, and removed two outdated commitments) and 6 September 2022.