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

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Wellesley College

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

Collection Development

Collection Maintenance and Weeding. (2017, December 29). Tools, Publications & Resources. http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit/weeding

ALA Guide to Collection Maintenance

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

Collection Policy

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

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