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Descriptor English: Library Collection Development
Descriptor Spanish: Desarrollo de la Colección de Bibliotecas
Descriptor desarrollo de las colecciones de bibliotecas
Scope note: Actividad que incluye la determinación y coordinación de la politica de selección, la evaluación de las necesidades de los usuarios y los posibles usuarios, los estudios del uso de las colecciones, la valoración de las colecciones, la identificación de las necesidades en materia de colecciones, la selección de materiales, la planificación para intercambiar o compartir recursos, el mantenimiento y la purga de las colecciones, y la elaboración de presupuestos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Desenvolvimento de Coleções em Bibliotecas
Descriptor French: Développement de fonds de bibliothèque
Entry term(s): Collection Development (Libraries)
Collection Development, Library
Collection Developments (Libraries)
Development, Collection (Libraries)
Development, Library Collection
Developments, Collection (Libraries)
Tree number(s): L01.583.410
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016243
Scope note: Development of a library collection, including the determination and coordination of selection policy, assessment of needs of users and potential users, collection use studies, collection evaluation, identification of collection needs, selection of materials, planning for resource sharing, collection maintenance and weeding, and budgeting.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Book Selection (1966-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
DeCS ID: 29007
Unique ID: D016243
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/05/07
Revision Date: 1992/03/25
Library Collection Development - Preferred
Concept UI M0024806
Scope note Development of a library collection, including the determination and coordination of selection policy, assessment of needs of users and potential users, collection use studies, collection evaluation, identification of collection needs, selection of materials, planning for resource sharing, collection maintenance and weeding, and budgeting.
Preferred term Library Collection Development
Entry term(s) Collection Development (Libraries)
Collection Development, Library
Collection Developments (Libraries)
Development, Collection (Libraries)
Development, Library Collection
Developments, Collection (Libraries)



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