Information Resources:
LI855: The Collection Development Research Paper:
This also meets Program Value #1 - Service
The purpose of this course is to teach library students how to select and develop a collection for a library that suits today's technological and modern purposes. It is also a study of policies and procedures in evaluating and selecting appropriate resources and materials for various library settings. Intellectual freedom, library collection ethics and budgeting are all issues that were focused on in this course. While there was theory presented throughout the course, the main focus of the course was to look at real libraries and situations and to practice developing library collections, policies, and evaluation skills. This artifact is a paper that was written during the course, and my assertion in this paper is that Patron Driven Acquisition is the preferred method of building a collection. The paper also asserts that Patron Driven Acquisition proves that eBooks are not as desired in libraries as vendors would like libraries to think that they are. I applied my learning about the different methods of building a collection and focused on the collection development method that interested me the most, and from there learned about how Patron Driven Acquisition truly benefits a public library. I also focused on eBooks, which is another "hot" topic in 21st century libraries, and evaluated their purpose, their viability, and their desirability within this research paper. This demonstrates that I have exposure and practice in many different collection evaluation methods, that I have an interest and investment in patron satisfaction and servicing their needs, that I am aware of how to select materials appropriately and how to develop a collection for an ever-changing 21st century library.
Artifacts:
Research Paper - Patron Driven Acquisitions and eBooks Desirability in Libraries.
LI855: The Collection Development Research Paper:
This also meets Program Value #1 - Service
The purpose of this course is to teach library students how to select and develop a collection for a library that suits today's technological and modern purposes. It is also a study of policies and procedures in evaluating and selecting appropriate resources and materials for various library settings. Intellectual freedom, library collection ethics and budgeting are all issues that were focused on in this course. While there was theory presented throughout the course, the main focus of the course was to look at real libraries and situations and to practice developing library collections, policies, and evaluation skills. This artifact is a paper that was written during the course, and my assertion in this paper is that Patron Driven Acquisition is the preferred method of building a collection. The paper also asserts that Patron Driven Acquisition proves that eBooks are not as desired in libraries as vendors would like libraries to think that they are. I applied my learning about the different methods of building a collection and focused on the collection development method that interested me the most, and from there learned about how Patron Driven Acquisition truly benefits a public library. I also focused on eBooks, which is another "hot" topic in 21st century libraries, and evaluated their purpose, their viability, and their desirability within this research paper. This demonstrates that I have exposure and practice in many different collection evaluation methods, that I have an interest and investment in patron satisfaction and servicing their needs, that I am aware of how to select materials appropriately and how to develop a collection for an ever-changing 21st century library.
Artifacts:
Research Paper - Patron Driven Acquisitions and eBooks Desirability in Libraries.