Fundamentals of Collection Development & Management 2025 - Session 3.0

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This 4-week online course addresses the basic components of collection development and management (CDM) in libraries. Complete definition of collection development and collection management

This 4-week online course addresses the basic components of collection development and management (CDM) in libraries. Complete definition of collection development and collection management:

Collections policies and budgets as part of library planning;
Collection development (selecting for and building collections);
Collection management (evaluating and making decisions about existing collections, including decisions about withdrawal, transfer, preservation);
Collection analysis—why and how to do it;
Outreach, liaison, and marketing;
Trends and some suggestions about the future for collection development and management.

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

Describe the range of CDM responsibilities and the required skills and competencies;
List the elements in a collection development policy;
Write a collection development policy;
Explain the importance of collection analysis;
Perform one or more types of analysis;
Explain outreach and liaison responsibilities and be able to develop a plan to increase your activities in these areas.

Who Should Attend:

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

Presented By:

Event tags:

Academic Library

Archives & Records Management

Cataloging

Collection Management

Public Library

Rural Library

School Library

Special Library

Tribal Library

Urban Library

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May 12 - June 06, 2025

All day

$165.11 Core member, $188.10 ALA member, $209 nonmember

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