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<p><a href="/facts/Library/hvdQNTtS">Library</a> collection development is the process of systematically building the collection of a particular <a href="/facts/Library/hvdQNTtS">library</a> to meet the information needs of the <a href="/facts/Library/hvdQNTtS">library</a> users (a service population) in a timely and economical manner using <a href="/facts/Information_Resources/aY539kw4">information resources</a> locally held as well as resources from other organizations. "According to (Evans & zamosky )is a dynamic self <a href="/facts/Perpetration/IUcmFYdo">perpetuation</a> cycle or process and consists six definable stages namely,community analysis, selection policies, selection, <a href="/facts/Library_acquisitions/ob9IunuI">acquisition</a>, weeding and <a href="/facts/Evaluation/AygKGGVo">evaluation</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/facts/International_Federation_of_Library_Associations_and_Institutions_Paris_Principles/W4adCoV7">International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions</a> (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 <a href="/facts/Electronic_Information_for_Libraries/o0xdbh1Q">electronic information</a> resources. Collection development involves activities that need a <a href="/facts/Librarian/Tze5ktWw">librarian</a> or information professional who is specialized in improving the library's collection. The process includes the selection of <a href="/facts/Information/3LdrzXtJ">information</a> materials that respond to the users or patrons need as well as de-selection of unwanted information materials, called <a href="/facts/Weeding_(library)/aaf658DI">weeding</a>. 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. </p>