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{{Short description|Process of accruing library materials}}

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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><ref name="quest">{{cite web |url=https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/why-do-you-need-a-collection-development-plan/ |title=Why Do You Need a Collection Development Plan? |last=Abercrombie |first=Sedley |date=May 30, 2018 |website=Knowledge Quest |access-date=December 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707113028/https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/why-do-you-need-a-collection-development-plan/ |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name="philosophy">{{cite journal |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5653&context=libphilprac |title=Collections and Collection Development Exercise in Libraries: A Perspective in View |last1=Okolo |first1=Stanley Efe |last2=Eserada |first2=Rechael E |last3=Ugboh |first3=Peace N |last4=Ngbo |first4=Dorothy |journal=Library Philosophy and Practice |date=January 11, 2019 |access-date=December 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507183435/https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5653&context=libphilprac |archive-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref> "According to (Evans & zamosky )is a dynamic self perpetuation cycle or process and consists six definable stages namely,community analysis, selection policies, selection, acquisition, weeding and evaluation.

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]]}}.<ref name="philosophy" /><ref name="magazine">{{cite web |url=https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/05/20/the-practical-librarians-guide-to-collection-development/ |title=The Practical Librarian's Guide to Collection Development |date=May 20, 2014 |website=American Libraries Magazine |access-date=December 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114205308/https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/05/20/the-practical-librarians-guide-to-collection-development/ |archive-date=November 14, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name="quest" /><ref name="slj">{{cite web |url=https://www.slj.com/story/when-it-comes-to-weeding-books-librarians-are-attending-to-inclusion-and-diversity-slj-survey-shows |title=When Weeding Books, Librarians Are Attending to Inclusion and Diversity, SLJ Survey Shows |last=Kletter |first=Melanie |date=June 6, 2021 |website=School Library Journal |access-date=December 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816131644/https://www.slj.com/story/when-it-comes-to-weeding-books-librarians-are-attending-to-inclusion-and-diversity-slj-survey-shows |archive-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref>