Course Projects and Assignments
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2. To be able to prepare a written selection policy for a particular type of library (academic, public, school, or special).
3. To be able to apply the principles of intellectual freedom and the freedom to read to the development of library collections.
4. To be able to evaluate library collections on the basis of standard and specialized bibliographies and selection aids.
5. To be able to conduct a community survey to identify the types of users and non-users in a library's community.
6. To be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of existing bibliographic tools and reviewing media that can be used for the selection of library materials.
7. To be able to evaluate the place of resource sharing and cooperative library networks in the development of library collections.
Part II: The Action Plan for the Collection Development Project
In addition to the actual collection development policy, be sure to include the following elements as part of your project:
1. Assume that a user survey has already been completed. Using your collection development policy, pick a subject area or areas that need strengthening.
2. The need(s) from which the project springs -- not objectives, but rather the "whys."
3. The main objectives sought by you in terms of changes to be effected as a result of your plan of action.
4. The strategies and techniques you will employ to achieve the changes, the "how." Include the process you will use for selection of materials to meet the objectives of the selection project.
5. The resources, human, and material, you anticipate employing for the purpose of achieving the "how."
6. The means you will use for evaluation of whether you have indeed achieved success and degree of success. thus, be sure to spell out in your objectives the extent of success which would be satisfactory.
7. The critically annotated bibliography of professional references employed by you to make decisions about this project. Include sources used to develop policy and sources used to select materials.
1. Using selection aids (such as Choice, Booklist, etc.) identify potential items for purchase. Describe the sources used for this purpose and why you chose those particular sources.
2. From this group of potential titles, select enough appropriate titles to spend your budget without going over the budget more than $25. Tell how you narrowed down the potential titles to the ones actually chosen. Provide a list of the chosen titles with all necessary ordering information.
3. Tell where you would purchase the chosen items, and why you would use these publishers/jobbers.
When citing email messages, be sure to provide the name of the sender, date, name of mailing list, and its address. You should use other sources to supplement your understanding of the discussion and help you in preparing the paper. These sources can include other Internet sources, printed materials on the class bibliography and any additional sources you may find in the library. Please cite all sources that you use appropriately using any standard style sheet. Feel free to offer your own opinions based on your experience and your readings.
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Optional Web Resources:
Top 200 Technical Services Sites -- see the section entitled "Serials"
Video: Chuck Leachman, EBSCO Representative
Top 200 Technical Services Sites -- see section entitled "Acquisitions"
Censorship and Intellectual Freedom
Resource Sharing and Document Delivery
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