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Description The Fundamentals of Acquisitions focuses on what you need to know about the basics of acquiring monographs and serials: goals and methods; financial management of materials budgets; and relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers. Participants will receive a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made. Course Components
Who Should Attend? The Fundamentals of Acquisitions is a distance education, Web-based course tailored for librarians and paraprofessionals new to the acquisitions field. It is a fundamentals course and thus, the topics are introductory in nature. Class segments are geared to cover issues of interest to staff in all types of libraries. Taking a Web course is different than taking a traditional course in a classroom. Go to Are You Ready for Online Learning to make sure this Web course is right for you. Still have questions? Read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for more information. Course Format A Moodle-developed site is composed of self-paced modules with facilitated interaction led by the instructors. There are predetermined start and end dates and a suggested pace which includes interaction with the instructors and your classmates. Students regularly use the forum and chat room functions to facilitate their class participation. Section quizzes are offered and feedback given, however, there is no final class grade. Contact Hours: 8 hours Course Outline
Online discussion dates and times - TBA The course Web site will be open for 1 week prior to the start date for students to have access to Moodle instructions and set their browser correctly. The course site will remain open 1 week after the end date for students to complete any sections and submit the course evaluation survey. Instructors Virginia Taffurelli, Head of Tech Processing, New York Public Library Betsy Redman, Acquisitions Serials Librarian, Arizona State University K.D. (Katie) Ellis, New Hampshire Jesse Holden, Coordinator of Technical Services, Millersville University Morag Boyd, Special Collections Metadata Librarian, The Ohio State University Libraries Session Limit Maximum Number of Participants Per Session: 20 Registration Registration is now closed. Click the link above to be notified of future Web course offerings. Registration Fees: $109 ALCTS Members; $129 Non-Members Questions? For questions, call Julie Reese at (312) 280-5034 or send an email message to jreese@ala.org.
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