The process of learning more about the target audience(s) needs in order to better serves them

User Needs Analysis in Collection Development

The development and implementation of policies that best benefit the library or archive. Policies often include information on material selection and replacement, removal of materials, and the institutional mission.

Policies Development in Collection Development

The careful acquisition of items that will benefit the target audience of the collection

Selection in Collection Development

The act of physically attaining items for a collection after the selection process

Acquisition in Collection Development

The act of removing materials that are no longer relevant to the collection

Weeding in Collection Development

Constant evaluation is necessary to a collection in order to guarantee the collection does not become outdated and ineffective

Evaluation in Collection Development

- User needs analysis
- Policies development
- Selection
- Acquisition
- Weeding
- Evaluation

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Collection development is the process of building library materials of all types of media and further revising and acquiring that content. 

Collection Development

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The process of up-keeping a collection, including organizing, adding, and removing materials. 

Collection Maintenance

Large databases that are usually subscribed to by an institution for patrons to use for information seeking. 

Index-Based Discovery Services

An institute's guidelines regarding how they acquire, upkeep and decide to remove items from their collection. 

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