Managing Resources BIM
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
INFS 5076
Postgraduate
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
101663
4.5
No
School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences
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.
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.
Kennedy, John 2006, Collection management: a concise introduction (revised edition), Centre for Information Studies, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W, Charles Sturt University.
Nil
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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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.
Assignment 1: Collection Development Report, Assignment 2: Collection Evaluation Project, Assignment 3: Collection Management Project
EFTSL*: 0.125
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