Subject: ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (April 16-May
11, 2012)
From: ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
Date: 3/23/2012 10:17 AM
Apologies in advance for duplicate postings.
ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions
Next session: April 16–May 11
This is a four-week online course that 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.
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.
This course is one-third of the Collection Management Elective course
approved by the Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP).
Collection Management Elective FAQ
For additional details including fees, registration links, and contact
information see:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese,
ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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