*Apologies in advance for duplicate postings.*
ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions
Session 2: April 28-June 6, 2014
This six-week online course is a basic primer for library acquisitions
concepts common to all library materials formats. It covers:
· Goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats;
· Theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions;
· 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. In essence, acquisitions is a business
operation, bringing materials into the library and licensing access to
library collections and resources.
Who Should Attend: As a fundamentals course, FOA is tailored for
librarians and paraprofessionals new to the acquisitions field; and
librarians and support staff from other library units and library school
or LSSC students who want to know more about acquisitions. Although FOA
focuses on the acquisition of monographs in various physical formats, it
covers key components of acquisition and licensing processes for all
library materials, in all formats, in all types of libraries.
This course is one-third of the Collection Management Elective course
approved by the Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP).
Because success in acquisitions depends on ability to collaborate,
negotiate, and be flexible to work out win-win solutions with others,
this course includes collaborative and social elements.
Instructors
Betsy Redman, Acquisitions Serials Librarian, Arizona State University
Eleanor Cook, Assistant Director for Collections & Technical Services,
East Carolina University
Michelle Flinchbaugh, Acquisitions Librarian, University of Maryland,
Baltimore County
Donna Smith, Assistant Head of Technical Services, Northern Kentucky
University
Jennifer Arnold, Director, Library Services, Central Piedmont Community
College
Registration Fees: $109 ALCTS Member and $139 Non-member
For additional details, 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 web courses, 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
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