[Eril-l] Core Web Course: Fundamentals of Collection Development & Management

[Core-CE Announce]

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

*Core Web Course: Fundamentals of Collection Development & Management*

*Session 3: May 16 – June 10, 2022*

This four-week online course addresses the basic components of collection
development and management (CDM) in libraries. 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

*Learning Outcomes:*

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

   - Describe the range of CDM responsibilities and the required skills and
   competencies
   - List the elements in a collection development policy
   - Write a collection development policy
   - Explain the importance of collection analysis
   - Perform one or more types of analysis
   - Explain outreach and liaison responsibilities and be able to develop a
   plan to increase your activities in these areas

*Who Should Attend:*

This is a fundamentals course that will appeal to anyone interested in the
topic with no previous experience.

*Instructors*

   - *Alison Armstrong,* Collection Management Librarian, Radford University
   - *Alexandria Arnold*, Executive Director, Bernardsville (NJ) Public
   Library
   - *Jennifer Arnold, *Director of Library Services, Central Piedmont
   Community College
   - *Skye Hardesty,* the Head of Collection Development, Georgia State
   University (Atlanta, GA)
   - *Edward Lener*, Associate Director, Collection Management at Virginia
   Tech
   - *Jennifer Matthews*, Collection Strategy Librarian at Rowan University
   (NJ)
   - *Brian Quinn, *Coordinator of Collection Development, Texas Tech
   University
   - *Donna Smith*, Assistant Head of Technical Services, Northern Kentucky
   University



Registration Fees:

ALA Member Price: $188.10

Non Member Price: $209.00

Division Member Price: $165.11



This course is one-third of the Collection Management elective course
approved by the Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP). Collection
Management Elective FAQ
<https://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/lsscp>

For additional details and access to the registration link please search the
eLearning catalog
<https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=112>
for this course.



For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by email at
registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to this course, please contact
Mia Blixt-Shehan, Core CE Assistant at mblixtshehan at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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