2008 Midwinter Meeting Minutes

COMMITTEE: Dual Assignments Discussion Group




SECTION: RSS/CODES




CHAIRPERSON: Qiana Johnson (RSS) and Allison Cowgill (CODES)




DATES: 1/12/08




EMAIL: q-johnson@northwestern.edu




MEMBERSPRESENT: Members present:




MEMBERSABSENT: Members absent:




VISITORS: Visitors: 14




OBJECTIVES: At midwinter the group discussed training of collection development librarians new to the profession or new to the subject area. DG attendees suggested topics for the discussion group for Annual.




SUMMARY: In discussing the training of reference librarians with collection development responsibilities, the group was interested in what competencies are needed for collection development librarians. The group also wondered if there was a difference between a training manual and a procedures manual. The group also addressed teaching the philosophical issues of collection development.




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