library collections
Shelved institutional materials
Library collections are the materials a library holds and makes available—books, periodicals, manuscripts, recordings, digital resources, and other items assembled for patron use.
The term encompasses both the physical holdings and the policies governing their acquisition and organization.
The library's special collections include rare first editions.
She's building the digital collection.
- rare booksUncommon valuable printed works
- mapsGeographic visual representations
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
CDs · digitization · government documents · back issues · oral histories · journals · metadata · historical archives · newspapers · online databases · out of print · Dewey Decimal System · genealogy records · provenance · card catalog · stacks · overdue · reference desk
- librarieslibrarians, public libraries, librarian, research libraries, university libraries
- photo collectionsphotographs, photo album, photo galleries, snapshots, digital images
- University Historynotable alumni, academic traditions, endowments, honorary degrees, accreditation
- book historybookbinding, colophon, edition, folio, frontispiece
- library catalogscatalog, card catalogs, catalogs, online catalogs, digital catalog
- local literaturefolk tales, oral traditions, local legends, community stories, local newspapers
library collectionsprivate collections
Privately owned gathered items
individual ownership · exclusive collections · family archives · subscription services
library collectionsephemera
Disposables preserved as collectibles
burned books · lost manuscripts · landfill waste · temporary exhibits