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ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Collection Assessment

Session 1: March 3 - April 11, 2014

This six-week online course introduces the fundamental aspects of collection assessment in libraries. The course is designed for those who are responsible for or interested in collection assessment in all types and sizes of libraries. The course will introduce key concepts in collection assessment including:

• the definition of collection assessment,

• techniques and tools,

• assessment of print and electronic collections, and

• project design and management.

Learning Outcomes:

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

• describe the fundamental aspects of collection assessment

• understand the various collection assessment methods and tools, including both qualitative and quantitative analysis

• design and implement a collection assessment project

• perform a collection assessment of print resources

• complete a collection assessment of electronic resources

Who Should Attend:  

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

Instructors:

• Cory Tucker is Head of Collection Management at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries. Cory is responsible for administration and coordination of collection development activities for the University Libraries and leads the identification, evaluation, selection, and initial licensing of print and electronic information resources for the UNLV Libraries. In addition, Cory coordinates and implements the collection assessment activities for the Libraries. Cory is an active member of ALCTS and is currently the Chair-Elect of the Collection Management and Development Section. Cory received his undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and received his MLS from the University of South Florida.

• Reeta Sinha is the Resource Management Librarian at the Lane Medical Library, Stanford University. She has held management positions in collection development, serials, and acquisitions at the Texas Medical Center Library, Emory University Health Sciences Center Library, the Hoover Institution Library at Stanford University, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has also worked for library vendors, most recently as a Senior Collection Development Manager with YBP Library Services. Reeta has a bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Minnesota, a master’s degree in public health from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, and an MS in Library Science from the University of North Texas.

• Ginger Williams is the acquisitions librarian at Wichita State University, where she also serves as the selector for law and engineering. Ginger has been involved in collection management at the school and university levels for twenty years. Her current projects include assessing cultural diversity of juvenile collections and assessing a law collection for support of law-related courses across the university. Ginger has found that collection goals and tools may change, but the need for collection assessment doesn’t.

• Andrea Wirth is an Assistant Professor in the Collection Development (CD) Unit at Oregon State University Libraries. As a member of CD she works with her colleagues and the Department Head to monitor the collections budget and strategically plan for collection management and development activities. Andrea’s assessment experience includes new program proposals and existing programs review, maps collection review, and annual and increasingly complex serials review, to name a few. She also serves as the department’s liaison to other science librarians and to the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services, merging CD activities with that of the scholarly communication program. Andrea received her Bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University in Geology and her MLS from the University of North Texas.

• Alison M. Armstrong is the Collection Management Librarian at Radford University in Radford, Virginia. She chairs the Collection Development Committee, the Popular Reading Committee and serves as the liaison to Sociology, Women’s Studies and Peace Studies among others. She handles subscription requests and oversees database trials. As the CML, she manages the materials budget. Alison’s assessment experience involves constructing weeding projects in which all liaisons take part. She has a completed a variety of assessment projects working to strengthen the collection, meet users’ needs and ensure the library is fiscally responsible. She also serves on the Women’s Studies Committee and writes books reviews for the local paper. Alison received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in Literature with a minor in Women’s Studies and her MLS from the University of North Texas.

• Teresa Negrucci is the Resource Acquisition and Management Librarian at Brown University.

• Miranda Bennett is the Head of Liaison Services for Collections & Research Support at the University of Houston.

Registration Fees:  $109 ALCTS Member and  $139 Non-member

For additional details, registration links, and contact information see: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/fca/ol_templ

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to web courses, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.

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