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

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

Collection Development

Types of services include:
- reference services
- reference resources
- intermediation
- digital resources
- information literacy instruction
- user experience
- access services
- hyperlinked libraries
- creation culture and makerspaces
- index based discovery services

Types of Information Services in Libraries

Breeding, M. (2018). Index-based discovery services: Current market positions and trends.Library Technology Reports 54(8): 5-11 (Chapters 1 and 2).

Index Based Discovery Services

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

Collection Maintenance

Index-Based Discovery Services

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

Collection Policy

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

Collection Development Process

Services provided by librarians to help users find resources that fulfill their information needs.

Reference Services in Libraries

Libraries provide access to digital materials for the general public such as computers and internet access. This helps lessen the digital divide. 

Digital Resources

Instruction designed to teach information literacy skills to any given group of information users.

Information Literacy Instruction

Libraries provide users with access to reference resources that are credible records that help fulfill their information needs. 

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