Library Terms -- Collection Development

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Across
  1. 3. the rules that a library develops to determine whether a book should be acquired by the library.
  2. 8. The process of building an institution's holdings of historical materials through acquisition activities
  3. 9. the programs that a library runs, which could include public broadcasting, programs for children, community outreach programs, etc.
  4. 12. Encyclopedias, books, magazines, and the Internet. These usually contain general knowledge for background information and do not circulate in a library.
  5. 13. The process of removing old, outdated, or incorrect information from the library's holdings.
Down
  1. 1. In collection development, the materials that a library chooses to acquire
  2. 2. Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. In the library, it is of books.
  3. 4. A library media specialist examines the current holdings of the library media center, categorizes them according to age and classification, identifies areas of need, and creates a list of new acquisitions.
  4. 5. A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.
  5. 6. a major category or type of literature - in collection development, a librarian tries to balance the genres somewhat in order to have books available for anyone's tastes.
  6. 7. a magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals. These are usually digitized and then disposed of in order to preserve them and to stay orderly.
  7. 10. miniaturized photographs of records
  8. 11. the act or process of saving. When a library holding becomes damaged, the librarian needs to decide to repair or replace or to weed the item.