Course description:

Collection development and management;
acquisitions in libraries and information centers;
principles, policies, procedures specific to various settings
and applicable to print and electronic resources
for internal collection, external information access.
 

Course objectives:

Study the concept of collection development
and the principles and practices which govern
the selection of materials in a variety of libraries and information centers.

Familiarize students with the tools used to select
all types of library materials,

Demonstrate and exemplify the variety of materials
acquired by modern libraries and information centers,
including both monographs and periodicals,
selected for ownership or access,
in traditional, audio-visual and electronic formats.

Describe and evaluate techniques for evaluating
and maintaining collections and selecting materials to be discarded.

Analyze and compare collection development policies
adopted by different libraries and information centers.