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. |
Collection Management in the Health Sciences
$250.00
Dates: February 1 - February 28Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
Managing collections for health sciences libraries requires different considerations than in most other library environments. This course serves as an opportunity to explore these considerations and as an introduction to the basics of collection management in general. Particular emphasis is given to identifying the needs of various HSL patron communities and mapping out strategies to best meet those needs. Participants will explore core functions such as collection assessment, licensing and negotiation, resource evaluation, and decision-making challenges related to print vs electronic access. Gaining experience with collection management skills is the primary outcome for this course, but the opportunity to build connections with other participants is a key takeaway as well, as having other librarians to turn to for insights on how their negotiations are going and what collections are seeing high use is invaluable.
In addition to core functions, discussions and open-choice assignments will allow participants to narrow-in further on emerging trends, opportunities, and challenges. A non-exhaustive list of potential topics for discussion include access model valuation, long-term sustainability of the collection, value-driven financial stewardship, diversity and equity considerations, and open access/open publishing. While collection management is one of the most basic, core functions of librarianship, the landscape is ever-changing – so even experienced librarians will have the opportunity to gain new insights in this course.
Course Description
Managing collections for health sciences libraries requires different considerations than in most other library environments. This course serves as an opportunity to explore these considerations and as an introduction to the basics of collection management in general. Particular emphasis is given to identifying the needs of various HSL patron communities and mapping out strategies to best meet those needs. Participants will explore core functions such as collection assessment, licensing and negotiation, resource evaluation, and decision-making challenges related to print vs electronic access. Gaining experience with collection management skills is the primary outcome for this course, but the opportunity to build connections with other participants is a key takeaway as well, as having other librarians to turn to for insights on how their negotiations are going and what collections are seeing high use is invaluable.
In addition to core functions, discussions and open-choice assignments will allow participants to narrow-in further on emerging trends, opportunities, and challenges. A non-exhaustive list of potential topics for discussion include access model valuation, long-term sustainability of the collection, value-driven financial stewardship, diversity and equity considerations, and open access/open publishing. While collection management is one of the most basic, core functions of librarianship, the landscape is ever-changing – so even experienced librarians will have the opportunity to gain new insights in this course.
Matthew Noe
Matthew Noe (he/him) is currently Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School's Countway Library. He also teaches as a Part-Time Instructor at the University of Kentucky, School of Information. He is most well-known for work in comics librarianship, health sciences librarianship, and in particular, graphic medicine. Matthew was the 2021-2022 President of the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table and has been the Treasurer for the Graphic Medicine International Collective since 2019. He is currently serving a six-year term on the Worcester Public Library Board of Directors. In addition to numerous book chapters on collection management and graphic medicine, Matthew is a comics reviewer for both Booklist and his Diamond Bookshelf column, "Noe's Comics Nook." You can often find him overcaffeinated, ranting about all manner of things on Twitter, or curled up with two dogs, a book, and not enough hands.
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