Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Introduction to Collection Development
$250.00
Dates: April 7 - May 4Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
Collection development requires understanding who your users and potential users are and finding and acquiring materials to serve their needs. In this four-week course, we will discuss the various factors that go into building a collection to meet user needs. These factors include understanding the community, defining the goals of the collection, setting parameters of what belongs in the collection, gathering information about what resources exist, following trends in pricing, and managing a budget. Because collection development occurs in many types of libraries, the course offers a variety of readings that mention academic, public, and school libraries, allowing students to select those most relevant to their work situation. Assignments will also allow students to answer in ways that relate to their job. The course is a broad introduction to aspects of collections work, many of which are covered in more depth in other Library Juice courses.
Participants will learn:
- How to research the community they serve and make connections between this research and the library’s collections
- What to include in a collection development policy
- How to find information on what to purchase
- How to plan yearly expenses and justify a budget request
Course Description
Collection development requires understanding who your users and potential users are and finding and acquiring materials to serve their needs. In this four-week course, we will discuss the various factors that go into building a collection to meet user needs. These factors include understanding the community, defining the goals of the collection, setting parameters of what belongs in the collection, gathering information about what resources exist, following trends in pricing, and managing a budget. Because collection development occurs in many types of libraries, the course offers a variety of readings that mention academic, public, and school libraries, allowing students to select those most relevant to their work situation. Assignments will also allow students to answer in ways that relate to their job. The course is a broad introduction to aspects of collections work, many of which are covered in more depth in other Library Juice courses.
Participants will learn:
- How to research the community they serve and make connections between this research and the library’s collections
- What to include in a collection development policy
- How to find information on what to purchase
- How to plan yearly expenses and justify a budget request
Karen Kohn
Karen Kohn is Collections Analysis Librarian at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and the author of Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). She has published articles in College & Research Libraries, Journal of Academic Librarianship, Journal of Documentation, and Collection Management. She has an MLS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA in Sociology from Temple University.
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