Managing Resources BIM

Course aim

To provide students with an opportunity to explore the issues that information managers face in building and maintaining library collections in all formats, across a range of information organisations and users' needs, in accordance with the basic principles of collection development.

Course content

Aspects surrounding the acquisition, management and life cycle of collections; formulation of collection and selection policies; fluid formats; evaluative criteria; the collection process and user expectations; reviews and reviewing; relationship of the publishing industry and collection development; electronic impact on collections; open access and institutional repositories, stacks management and library design; risk management; virtual collections; special, public, university, corporate and school perspectives; collection de-acquisition and other challenges; overview of preservation principles and digital preservation issues.

Textbook(s)

Kennedy, John 2006, Collection management: a concise introduction (revised edition), Centre for Information Studies, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W, Charles Sturt University.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Online moderated discussion boards, and other activities)	3 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1: Collection Development Report, Assignment 2: Collection Evaluation Project, Assignment 3: Collection Management Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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