2015
Sessions
- Session 1: March 9 – April 3
- Session 2: April 27 – May 22
- Session 3: August 3 – August 28
- Session 4: October 5 – October 30
- Session 5: November 16 – December 11
This four-week online
course addresses the basic components of collection development and
management (CDM) in libraries. The course was developed by Peggy Johnson,
University of Minnesota. Complete definition of collection development and
collection management:
- collections policies and budgets as part of library planning
- collection development (selecting for and building collections)
- collection management (evaluating and making decisions about existing collections, including decisions about withdrawal, transfer, preservation)
- collection analysis—why and how to do it
- outreach, liaison, and marketing
- trends and some suggestions about the future for collection development and management
$109
ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers
