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[[Library]] '''collection development''' is the process of systematically building the collection of a particular library to meet the information needs of the library users (a service population) in a timely and economical manner using information resources locally held as well as resources from other organizations.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=G. Edward|title=Developing Library and Information Center Collections|url=https://archive.org/details/developinglibrar0000evan_t2k2|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|pages=[https://archive.org/details/developinglibrar0000evan_t2k2/page/15 15–16]}}</ref>

According to the [[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]] (IFLA), acquisition and collection development focuses on methodological and topical themes pertaining to acquisition of print and other analogue library materials (by purchase, exchange, gift, legal deposit), and the licensing and purchase of electronic information resources.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Acquisition and Collection Development Section |url=https://www.ifla.org/about-the-acquisition-collection-development-section |publisher=[[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions]] |access-date=2021-06-20}}</ref> Collection development involves activities that need a librarian or information professional who is specialized in improving the library's collection. The process includes the selection of information materials that respond to the users or patrons need as well as de-selection of [[unwanted]] information materials, called {{em|[[Weeding (library)|weeding]]}}. It also involves the planning strategies for continuing acquisition, evaluation of new information materials and the existing collection in order to determine how well a particular library serves its users.

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