Definitions for "Collection management"
All activities related to the care of a collection from the time an object is acquired to its eventual disposal. Collection management covers documentation-registration, accessioning, cataloguing; handling-storage, conservation, display; loan and disposal of objects.
The art and science of acquiring and organising materials and making them available for use.
the department in the library responsible for the acquisition, cataloging and processing of all library materials.
(DOD) The process of converting intelligence requirements into collection requirements, establishing priorities, tasking or coordinating with appropriate collection sources or agencies, monitoring results and retasking, as required. See also collection; collection agency; collection requirement; collection requirements management.