ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions, November 18 – December
13, 2013
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ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions
Next session: November 18 – December 13, 2013
This four-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).
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
<mailto: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 <mailto:alctsce_at_ala.org>.
/Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee./
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