Across
- 3. the rules that a library develops to determine whether a book should be acquired by the library.
- 8. The process of building an institution's holdings of historical materials through acquisition activities
- 9. the programs that a library runs, which could include public broadcasting, programs for children, community outreach programs, etc.
- 12. Encyclopedias, books, magazines, and the Internet. These usually contain general knowledge for background information and do not circulate in a library.
- 13. The process of removing old, outdated, or incorrect information from the library's holdings.
Down
- 1. In collection development, the materials that a library chooses to acquire
- 2. Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. In the library, it is of books.
- 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.
- 5. A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.
- 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.
- 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.
- 10. miniaturized photographs of records
- 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.