The American Library Association (ALA) defined selection as choosing materials that are desired by the community. The act of censorship is purposely excluding materials that may be desired by the community or have other educational functions.

Selection vs Censorship

This is the oldest method of evaluation and involves checking a library collection against a list of notable books and materials to see if the library has them

Checklist Method in Collection Development

This method is most used in academic libraries. It involves looking at frequently viewed citations from bibliographies and indexes to see if the resources are available

Citation Analysis in Collection Development

A model used to discuss a collection in terms of uniqueness

Collections Grid in Collection Development

- Selection vs Censorship
- Checklist Method
- Citation Analysis
- Collections Grid

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Constant evaluation is necessary to a collection in order to guarantee the collection does not become outdated and ineffective

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