2 Courses:
A. *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.
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B. *ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Collection Assessment*
Session 2: April 28-June 6, 2014
This six-week online course introduces the fundamental aspects of
collection assessment in libraries. The course is designed for those who
are responsible for or interested in collection assessment in all types
and sizes of libraries. The course will introduce key concepts in
collection assessment including:
the definition of collection assessment,
techniques and tools,
assessment of print and electronic collections, and
project design and management.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
describe the fundamental aspects of collection assessment
understand the various collection assessment methods and tools,
including both qualitative and quantitative analysis
design and implement a collection assessment project
perform a collection assessment of print resources
complete a collection assessment of electronic resources
Who Should Attend:
This is a fundamentals course that will appeal to anyone interested in
the topic with no previous experience.
Instructors:
Cory Tucker is Head of Collection Management at the University of
Nevada Las Vegas Libraries. Cory is responsible for administration and
coordination of collection development activities for the University
Libraries and leads the identification, evaluation, selection, and
initial licensing of print and electronic information resources for the
UNLV Libraries. In addition, Cory coordinates and implements the
collection assessment activities for the Libraries. Cory is an active
member of ALCTS and is currently the Chair-Elect of the Collection
Management and Development Section. Cory received his undergraduate
degree in finance from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and
received his MLS from the University of South Florida.
Reeta Sinha is the Resource Management Librarian at the Lane
Medical Library, Stanford University. She has held management positions
in collection development, serials, and acquisitions at the Texas
Medical Center Library, Emory University Health Sciences Center Library,
the Hoover Institution Library at Stanford University, and the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has also worked for library
vendors, most recently as a Senior Collection Development Manager with
YBP Library Services. Reeta has a bachelor's degree in geography from
the University of Minnesota, a master's degree in public health from the
University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, and an MS in Library
Science from the University of North Texas.
Ginger Williams is the acquisitions librarian at Wichita State
University, where she also serves as the selector for law and
engineering. Ginger has been involved in collection management at the
school and university levels for twenty years. Her current projects
include assessing cultural diversity of juvenile collections and
assessing a law collection for support of law-related courses across the
university. Ginger has found that collection goals and tools may change,
but the need for collection assessment doesn't.
Andrea Wirth is an Assistant Professor in the Collection
Development (CD) Unit at Oregon State University Libraries. As a member
of CD she works with her colleagues and the Department Head to monitor
the collections budget and strategically plan for collection management
and development activities. Andrea's assessment experience includes new
program proposals and existing programs review, maps collection review,
and annual and increasingly complex serials review, to name a few. She
also serves as the department's liaison to other science librarians and
to the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services, merging CD
activities with that of the scholarly communication program. Andrea
received her Bachelor's degree from Oregon State University in Geology
and her MLS from the University of North Texas.
Alison M. Armstrong is the Collection Management Librarian at
Radford University in Radford, Virginia. She chairs the Collection
Development Committee, the Popular Reading Committee and serves as the
liaison to Sociology, Women's Studies and Peace Studies among others.
She handles subscription requests and oversees database trials. As the
CML, she manages the materials budget. Alison's assessment experience
involves constructing weeding projects in which all liaisons take part.
She has a completed a variety of assessment projects working to
strengthen the collection, meet users' needs and ensure the library is
fiscally responsible. She also serves on the Women's Studies Committee
and writes books reviews for the local paper. Alison received her
Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in
Literature with a minor in Women's Studies and her MLS from the
University of North Texas.
Teresa Negrucci is the Resource Acquisition and Management
Librarian at Brown University.
Miranda Bennett is the Head of Liaison Services for Collections &
Research Support at the University of Houston.
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/fca/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 Committee.
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John P. Abbott, MS MSLS
Coordinator, Collection Management
Professor, University Library
Appalachian State University
ASU Box 32026
218 College Street
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-2821 (vox)
828-262-2773 (fax)
abbottJP_at_appstate.edu
Received on Wed Mar 26 2014 - 03:01:13 EDT