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LIBR 266-01
Collection Management
Spring 2009 Schedule

Joni Richards Bodart
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Week	Textbook Chapter(s)	Topics
1	1,2,5	What, why, and how is collection management? The Publishing Industry
2	3	Selection policies What are they? Why are they important? Components
3	4	Review sources Characteristics Variation by type of library
4	11,12	Acquisitions What is it? Procedures
5	13	Budgets Where does the money come from? Where does it go? How should it be apportioned?
6	14,15	Weeding and evaluation Methods and criteria Budgetary concerns Variations by type of library
7	16	Resource Sharing Methods Issues
8	17	Maintaining Collections Fragile or rare materials Conservation Availability
9	18,19	Censorship Psychology of censors Issues Print, nonprint, and electronic censorship Self censorship Reconsideration Policies What to include Forms Procedures
10	6,7	Printed serials What’s a serial? Choosing serials Budgetary concerns Usage of serials Policy variations by type of library Electronic serials Paper or virtual? Choosing formats Usage policies Budgetary concerns Policy variation by type of library
11	8	Electronic materials Ebooks Databases Web sites Electronic collections Usage policies Policy variation by type of library Evaluating formats Budgetary concerns
12	9,10	Government documents Types Acquiring Archiving Federal depository libraries What’s important? In what format? Policy variation by type of library Audiovisual materials Types Importance Acquiring Previewing Evaluating Policy variation by type of library