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LIBR 580: Collection Management (3) -- Course Description
PREREQUISITES :
MLIS and Dual MAS/MLIS: LIBR 500, LIBR 501; corequsites: LIBR 502, LIBR 503
MAS: completion of MAS core and permission of the SLAIS Graduate Adviser
GOALS : The goal of this course is to provide students with the knowledge required to identify, evaluate, and select print and non-print materials for on-site and off-site access. Students will also learn how to evaluate and preserve collections and to apply cost-effective collection management techniques.
OBJECTIVES:Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss the key elements in the evolution of collection management
- Design and implement a community analysis to assess the informational, recreational, and educational needs of a diverse group of users
- Explain the policies, processes, and procedures of a typical acquisitions department
- Identify the key review journals used in libraries and describe their different focuses
- Discuss the major legal and logistical factors which influence the Canadian publishing industry and have an impact on library purchasing practices
- Identify the major national and international commercial jobbers used by British Columbia and Canadian libraries, and identify the different markets targeted by them
- Evaluate the services offered by jobbers from a monetary, quality-control, technological, and legal point of view
- Discuss the ethical issues which may arise when dealing with library suppliers
- Describe the purposes and the key elements of a collection management policy
- Create a collection management policy which includes print, AV, and electronic materials
- Evaluate a collection using a variety of collection-centred and user-centred techniques
- Describe current advances in electronic methods of collection evaluation
- Explain the monetary and technological issues relevant to management of paper and e-journal serial collections
- Evaluate a serials collection by using print and automated journal citation analysis resources
- Negotiate a licensing agreement with a materials vendor
- Formulate a collections budget
- Design and implement an effective weeding project
- Describe the reasons for deterioration of materials and the key elements of a preservation program
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of high density off-site storage facilities
- Explain the key elements of effective resource sharing projects and describe four Canadian cooperative projects
- Describe current technological developments in document delivery (ILL)
- Discuss current intellectual freedom challenges to all types of library materials, including the Internet
- Demonstrate a professional attitude towards intellectual freedom challenges (following the CLA Bill of Rights)
- Selection, acquisition, preservation, and weeding of materials, including paper-based, audio-visual, and electronic
- Management of jobbers
- Collection management policies and budgets
- Evaluation of collections
- Intellectual freedom collection management issues
