Course calendar:
Date
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Topic(s) /
Presentations (Course Outline Section) |
Assignments
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Session 1 Week of 1/8 |
Acquire text Publish short biography on TopClass® |
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Session 2 Week of 1/15 |
Submit topic, publish approved topic on TopClass®; read chapters 1, 2 |
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Session 3 Week of 1/22 |
Chapter 16 |
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Session 4 Week of 1/29 |
Types of libraries (B) |
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Session 5 Week of 2/5 |
Collection development policies (C) |
Chapter 3 Exam 1 distributed
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Session 6 Week of 2/12 |
Selection of materials (D) |
Chapters 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Exam 1 due |
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Session 7 Week of 2/19 |
Acquisitions (E) |
Chapters 11, 12 |
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Session 8 Week of 2/26 |
Publishers and publishing (F) |
Chapter 5 Exam 2 distributed
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Week of 3/5 |
Spring Break.
No session. |
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Session 9 Week of 3/12 |
Marketing (G.1) Budgeting (G.2) |
Chapter 13 Exam 2 due
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Session 10 Week of 3/19 |
Collection evaluation (H); Deselection/weeding (I) |
Chapters 14, 15 Exam 3 distributed
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Session 11 Week of 3/26 |
Censorship (J); Copyright (K) |
Chapters 18, 19 Exam 3 due
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Session 12 Week of 4/2 |
Conservation and preservation (L) |
Chapter 17, article by Joseph Branin, Frances Groen, and Suzanne Thorin, “The Changing Nature of Collection Management in Research Libraries,” Library Resources & Technical Services 44(1): 23-32, January 2000. |
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Session 13 Week of 4/9 |
Collection management and the future (M) |
Chapter ‘Epilog’ TERM PAPERS DUE |
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Session 14 Week of 4/16 |
Online presentation of summary of findings for term papers |
Publication of summary of
findings in term paper;
Exam 4 distributed
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Session 15 Week of 4/23 |
Online discussions and wrap-up of course. |
Exam 4 due
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