The body of acquired objects held in title by the collecting organisation; or the accumulated items held by a collector.
A number of separate works or parts of works combined and issued together as a whole; An accumulated group of works having a common, focal characteristic(s).
A set of items containing the results of intellectual creation, such as books, paintings, archives, websites, and museum objects. A set can be defined in terms of its intellectual coherence (e.g. a collection created by a person), location (e.g. a campus library), or organisational purpose (e.g. a University library). The set of items describing a collection is also a collection; that is, a catalogue containing records describing items in a library is treated as a collection of metadata (catalogue records). In CAIRNS, 'collections' can include catalogues; 'catalogues' refers to sets of online metadata accessible by CAIRNS. CAIRNS uses collection definitions and descriptions from the Research Support Libraries Programme Collection Level Description schema.
An entity of archival documents emanating from one source with a logical identity.
An organisational grouping of objects by commonality, belonging to a parent Community (see below). Although the definition is up for interpretation as far as how the system will be used, an example for the 'UQ Library' Community would be 'Fryer Findaids' or 'University Archives'. For the 'Faculty of Behavioural Sciences' Community a collection might be 'Taxonomies of 21st Century Students' or 'Hierarchical Classes in Modern Society'. A collection can below to one or many Communities.
The materials owned by a library. In publishing, it also means a book consisting of articles or essays complied from other sources.
Online collection of personal information (i.e., shopping preferences, interests, physical contact information) occurs in two ways. First, data may be collected through your input of information, such as during a financial transaction, acquisition of a membership, or application for a service. Second, detailed personal information may be collected while you engage in "passive" online activity—for example, when you participate in chat rooms, glance at bulletin boards or browse through online libraries. When you ftp a file, your actions may generate a personally identifiable record. Your personal information may thus be collected and stored without your immediate knowledge.
The total accumulation of materials of all kinds and formats that have been acquired and maintained by a library or archive and are available to users through its policies and procedures.
An artificial accumulation of materials devoted to a single theme, person, event, or type of document acquired from a variety of sources. A general term used to describe groupings of archival or manuscripts materials.
A one-word term for the library's total holdings.
An artificial accumulation of documents of any provenance brought together on the basis of some common characteristic, e.g., way of acquisition, subject, language, medium, type of document, name of collector, to be treated for description purposes as a descriptive unit under a common title.
Materials owned by the library. Includes books, periodicals, media, electronic products, and other formats. Database: An electonic collection of information, often of citations to materials on a particular subject. SIMON is a database of books owned by the University of Puget Sound Library. Datatimes is a database of articles in newspapers.
The total holdings of a library. See holdings.
A specific section of the Library's complete holdings, identified by a common aspect such as material type or access; for example, Audio-visual, Reference, or Reserve/Short Loan. Each campus library has various collections.
The entire holdings of a library or the works by one author or items on a particular subject
(1) Library resources grouped by a specific topic or other organization criteria; (2) the entire holdings of a library; (3) all library resources on a particular subject.
All of the resources (print, nonprint, software, online resources, and equipment) that come together to facilitate and impact learning. The school library media center collection consists of all the books, videos, software, and realia cataloged in the school, even if they are part of a classroom collection; the computers in classrooms that are inventoried through the media center; and equipment such as overheads and VCRs that are distributed from the media center at the beginning of/throughout the school year.
an organized accumulation of coins.
Online collection of personal information (i.e., shopping preferences, interests, physical contact information) occurs in two ways. First, data may be collected through your input of information, such as during a financial transaction or acquisition of a membership. Second, detailed personal information may be collected while you engage in "passive" online activity -- for example, when you peek into chat rooms, glance at bulletin boards or browse through online libraries. When you ftp a file, your actions may generate a personally identifiable record. Your personal information may thus be collected and stored while you believe that you remain anonymous.
An accumulation of coins,tokens, and bullion gathered for study, comparison, investment or exhibition
Can refer to the entire British Library Collection or the private collection of an individual or organisation, that has been purchased or donated to us.
This term may refer to the library's entire collection of materials, or to a group of library materials having a common characteristic, such as Juvenile Collection or Reference Collection. This term may also refer to the library's entire holdings.
Total accumulation of all library materials provided by a library for its patrons. Collection is also used to describe a group of library materials having a common characteristic (e.g., Children's Collection, Reference Collection, Local History Collection, etc.).
1. An artificial accumulation of documents brought together on the basis of some common characteristic (e.g. means of acquisition, creator, subject, language, medium, form, name of collector) without regard to the origin of the documents. 2. A grouping of records created by a private individual and organization. (SAA)
The accumulated group of all library materials.
print materials (books and periodicals), software, models, maps, globes, video cassettes, etc. which combine to form the holdings of the library.
A library's entire contents, or some specific portion of it, such as the children's collection.