In common usage, a collection is any group of items that has one or more properties in common, usually brought together for some specific purpose. See Collecting and Collectibles.

The term can also be used more specifically:

• In finance, a collection agency is a business that pursues payments on debts owed by individuals or businesses.
• In literature, a collection is an anthology consisting of works by a single author.
• In mathematics, collection is not precisely defined, but can refer to various objects. Most often it refers to a set, class, family, or multiset.
• Collection in equestrianism describes a way in which horses move and hold themselves.
• In museums and art galleries, the collection of objects in a particular field forms the core basis for the museum.
• In music, specifically diatonic set theory, a collection is similar to a tone row; see generated collection.
• In a church, the collection is the money collected from the congregation during a service. The congregation normally place their donation into a collection plate, basket or bag, which is passed around and returned to the priest.
• At the University of Oxford, Collections are exams given by a student's college to determine their ongoing performance.

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@mickfortune they're still going - being used at my work for museum, library and archive collections. Predominantly Dutch-based now.
knihovnik2000 (knihovnik2000) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:35:19 -0000
@mickfortune they're still going - being used at my work for museum, library and archive collections. Predominantly Dutch-based now.
Talk tonight by Pippa Skotnes (U. Cape Town) | Curating the Archive: Representing Scattered Collections of the Colonial Past | 7:30pm HELMUT
ummamuseum (UMMA) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:13:08 -0000
Talk tonight by Pippa Skotnes (U. Cape Town) | Curating the Archive: Representing Scattered Collections of the Colonial Past | 7:30pm HELMUT
MN 12 days of Xmas - http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2009/11/vocalessence_th.shtml
emipow (Emily Powell) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:06:35 -0000
MN 12 days of Xmas - http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2009/11/vocalessence_th.shtml
@internetarchive hi! it seems archive.org/services/collections-rss.php?query=* isn't working per docs @ http://www.archive.org/help/rss.html
lukelibrarian (Luke Rosenberger) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:30:22 -0000
@internetarchive hi! it seems archive.org/services/collections-rss.php?query=* isn't working per docs @ http://www.archive.org/help/rss.html
British School at Rome Library and Archive Digital Collections http://tinyurl.com/yl32m74
EHPS (EHPS) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:40:57 -0000
British School at Rome Library and Archive Digital Collections http://tinyurl.com/yl32m74
Special Collections at TCU » Blog Archive » Shakespeare folios http://bit.ly/4ruK4W
butterkee (Billy McKee) Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:31:02 -0000
Special Collections at TCU » Blog Archive » Shakespeare folios http://bit.ly/4ruK4W

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