Collective order
As a collective order are called in librarianship to acquire the mostly given by the wearer statement media according to specified criteria. This often goes hand in hand with a claim to completeness in the given collection area. In some cases, the collection mandate is stipulated by law, as in the "Law on the German National Library".
Examples
- Regional libraries usually have the task of collecting publications that have appeared in their area of responsibility or have this topic on it. In Germany this includes: B. the state libraries and the German National Library , which has also received the collection order for online publications .
- Libraries with special collections try to acquire literature on a topic as completely as possible.