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  2. Collection development - Wikipedia

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    Secondly, planning aids in making decisions for future improvement in library infrastructure and proper distribution of funds for the institution. [3] Thirdly, in the current environment of limited funding and competition between departments and agencies, a written collection policy aids in the library's public relations.

  3. Preservation (library and archive) - Wikipedia

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    The Preservation, Planning and Publications Committee of the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) in the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services has created a Preservation Education Directory of ALA Accredited schools in the U.S. and Canada offering courses in preservation.

  4. In 1969, the first university-level conservation conference occurred at the University of Chicago where they published Deterioration and Preservation of Library Materials. [28] In the United States, the branch bindery for the Library of Congress was created in 1900 for the Government Printing Office, under Chief Clerk Arthur Kimball. [29]

  5. Public libraries in North America - Wikipedia

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    Boston Public Library: A Centennial History (Harvard University Press, 1956) Wiegand, Wayne A. Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 (University of Iowa Press, 2011) Wiegand, Wayne A. A Part of Our Lives: A History of the American Public Library (Oxford University press, 2015).

  6. Comprehensive planning - Wikipedia

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    This resulting document expresses and regulates public policies on transportation, utilities, land use, recreation, and housing. Comprehensive plans typically encompass large geographical areas, a broad range of topics, and cover a long-term time horizon. The term comprehensive plan is most often used by urban planners in the United States.

  7. Poudre River Public Library District - Wikipedia

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    In 1998 a second branch, Harmony Library, was constructed on Harmony Road in southwest Fort Collins. Harmony Library is a joint-use facility operated by Front Range Community College and the library district. [5] In 2009 the district opened a third branch, Council Tree Library, in southeast Fort Collins at Front Range Village Shopping Center.

  8. Documentation - Wikipedia

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    A common type of software document written in the simulation industry is the SDF. When developing software for a simulator, which can range from embedded avionics devices to 3D terrain databases by way of full motion control systems, the engineer keeps a notebook detailing the development "the build" of the project or module.

  9. Public Library Association - Wikipedia

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    The first PLA president was Amy Winslow of Cuyahoga County Library. [10] The first Executive Secretary (a position now known as Executive Director) was Julia Wright Merrill. [13] The original mission of the division was to advance public library interests and to cooperate in the promotion of library service in general.