Subject: [ALCTS Announces] ALCTS web course: Fundamentals of
Acquisitions starting in September
From: "Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:06:30 -0700
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Fundamentals of Acquisitions (September 6 - October 1, 2010)
The Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA) web course focuses on the basics
of library acquisitions:
* goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials
* financial management of library collections budgets
* relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers,
subscription agents, and publishers
Description: This course provides a broad overview of the operations
involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.
In FOA, we distinguish between collection development, which involves
the selection of materials for the library; and acquisitions, which
orders, receives, and pays for those materials. In many libraries,
selecting and acquiring materials may be done in the same department—in
the smallest libraries perhaps even by the same person. In larger
libraries, selection may be done by a collection development department
and/or designated subject specialists, while a separate department
acquires the selected materials. Acquisitions, in essence, is the
business side of bringing materials into the library or licensing access
to library resources.
Instructors: Morag Boyd and Kate Kasimor
For additional details and registration information see:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ.cfm
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
Debra Spidal
Cataloging Librarian,
Technical Services,
Washington State University Libraries
P.O. Box 645610,
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
E-mail: dspidal_at_wsu.edu
Phone: (509) 335-8053
Fax: (509) 335-9589
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