Monday, January 26, 2015

2015 schedule: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (ALCTS)

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ
2015 Sessions
  • Session 1: March 2 – April 10
  • Session 2: May 4 – June 12
  • Session 3: July 20 – August 28
  • Session 4: September 14 – October 23
  • Session 5: November 9 – December 18
Six-week online course that is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library material 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.
$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers