LIBR 580 - Unit 7
TOPIC: From Policies to Fiscal Management of Collections
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Recognize challenges and opportunities presented by electronic resources, including licensing, resource sharing, and cooperative collection management
- Augment an existing library collection based on user needs, the context of use, and identified gaps in the current collection (e.g. topical, format, etc.) and provide a budget and budget justification for these recommendations
- Recognize challenges and opportunities presented by electronic resources, including licensing, resource sharing, and cooperative collection management
MATERIALS & TOOLS
- Textbook
- Unit 7 slide deck (PDF)
- Markers
TEACHING & LEARNING STRATEGIES
Pre-Class Preparation by Students
- Read Chapter 5: Vendor Relations, Negotiations, and Contracts in the textbook
- Read Chapter 3: Planning, Policy, and Budgets in the textbook
- Read Appendix A: Professional Resources for Collection Development and Management starting on page 367
- Read Appendix B: Selection Aids starting on page 375
- Consult the Glossary starting on page 383
- Mayo, D., & Goodrich, J. (2002). Staffing for results: A guide to working smarter. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
Z678.M39 2002 - Valenti, D.C. (2004). Training Budgets Step-by-Step: A Complete Guide to Planning and Budgeting Strategically-Aligned Training. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
- Wisneski, R. (2008) Collection development assessment for new collection development librarians, Collection Management, 33:1-2, 143-159,
DOI: 10.1080/01462670802158088
Beginning
- Focusing Activity = Using an (hilarious) image provided by a librarian, we will examine a downside to working with a vendor.
Main Content
- Lecture = Acquisitions: Vendor relations, negotiation, and contracts
- Activity = Time to work in Homework Groups on this section of the Proposal Assignment and Cumulative Report
- Lecture = Budgeting and Fiscal Management: Long-term fiscal planning vs. one-and-done
- Activity = Time to work in Homework Groups on this section of the Proposal Assignment and Cumulative Report
Class Closure
- Learning Consolidation
Activity: CLUE Elements
According to some educational research, there are 4 key elements to increase motivation and memory in learning:
C = Creative
L = Linked
U = Useful
E = Emotional
1. Around the room are four pages with each of these four letters.
2. Students are to go around and use a pen/marker to add their thoughts on how they can maximize their learning of today's concept in by using these four strategies.
Inspiration Source: Bowman, S.L. (2005). The ten-minute trainer: 150 ways to teach it quick & make it stick. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pg. 219-229.