ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Collection Assessment
From:
ALCTS-CE Announce <alcts.ce.announce_at_gmail.com>
*Apologies in advance for duplicate postings.*
ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Collection Assessment
Session 3: July 28 - September 5, 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
<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.
Received on Thu Jun 26 2014 - 03:07:41 EDT