PART-TIME | WINKLER CAMPUS LIBTP-CT Library Training

Courses and Descriptions

LIBR-1045Collection Development and Acquisitions
RPL

Learn the basic techniques in collection development, community analysis, needs assessment and collection development policy. You will learn selection, verification, ordering and receiving procedures for books, serials, French and foreign language materials, pamphlets and government publications. Acquisitions procedures for handling gifts and exchanges and weeding are also covered. You will learn to create and maintain vertical files. You will examine the organization and function of the acquisitions department and its automation.

Other Information

Recommended prerequisites:
LIBR-1003 Cataloguing: Library of Congress
LIBR-2003 Cataloguing: Dewey Decimal System

Prerequisites

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