A collection development policy provides the basis for developing and maintaining the collection and includes guidelines for selection, weeding, and challenged material.

Library users’ needs and expectations are evolving concurrently. I have sought to reflect this rapidly changing environment with updated examples and data. This edition follows the same …

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These allow single libraries and library groups to explore and visualize their collection in the context of the collective collection, quickly model deselection and print management …

Faculty are encouraged to submit requests for library materials; these requests are reviewed by the library acquisitions staff to prevent duplication, and to establish preferred format and edition.

Collection development is the thoughtful process of developing or building a library collection in response to institutional priorities and community or user needs and interests.

Public Library Standards: Collections (web document and video) Abstract: The Colorado State Library, a department of the Colorado Department of Education, has identified standards for …