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Course Information
FALL 2024
Instructor: Dr. Monobe
Course Format: Online
Course Description: Examination of the acquisition and evaluation processes used for building and maintaining collections in all formats. Formulation and implementation of collection development policies, identification of user needs, selection methods and tools, storage alternatives, publishing and intellectual freedom, administrative and legal issues including licensing and contract negotiation.
Course Prerequisites: None/Not Named
Course Goals and Learning Objectives for Students: Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
Understand the significance of ‘the collection” within different types of libraries
Explain issues relating to the importance of cultural diversity and intellectual freedom in the development and management of different types of collections
Describe the purposes and the essential elements of a collection development policy
Identify key components of a collections budget
Describe selection criteria and acquisition options for developing collections
Be familiar with major vendors
Describe important issues relevant to collections management including deselection, preservation, and storage
Evaluate a collection using a variety of collection-centered and user-centered techniques
Interpret the influences of current legal, social, and technological changes on collection development and management
Collection Development Interview.docxLearning Artifact: Collection Development Interview
Learning Artifact: Collection Development Interview
An interview with two collections librarians about their procedures and processes for building a collection.
Collection Policy Comparison.docxLearning Artifact: Collection Policy Comparison
Learning Artifact: Collection Policy Comparison
A comparison of two special collections policies.
Reflection & Analysis
As I complete this portfolio, I am only at the mid-point in the Collections Development course. Already, however, I am learning so much.
Another facet of my position as the AARC coordinator is to build the collection for the resource center. The collection is vast - and growing! With that growth comes the need to understand how collections are built and what processes are necessary to build a robust and diverse catalog. In this class so far, I have been gaining my understanding through the assigned text and the supplemental articles included in the modules. In these texts, I am beginning to learn the importance of planning and budgeting in regard to collections, how to interact with vendors and the ethics surrounding those relationships. I am starting to understand how tasks like weeding are integral to collection maintenance, as well as how often librarians review the materials in the collection. Over the next few weeks, I hope to gain a deeper understanding of the methods of collection building, especially special collections.
The two assignments presented as artifacts show my early learning in the course. Studying two different special collections policies and interviewing two collections librarians provided me with a beginner's insight into the work of collection building and collection management.
Learning Objective(s) Met:
1.1: To learn and understand the process for collection selection and collection management.
In the course thus far, I've begun the foundations to learning various processes for selection and management of a library collection, including how to search for and choose vendors and what a well-created collection policy could look like.
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