[Baynet] Infopeople's online course "Innovative Approaches to Collection Development in Tough Economic Times"

Thu Nov 20 12:00:24 PST 2008

Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive
this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!

Title:  Innovative Approaches to Collection Development in Tough Economic
Times  (Online learning course)

Dates:  January 6, 2009 – February 2, 2009

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/408 

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and $150 for those
out-of-state.

With disappearing budgets and increased workload it can be difficult to
manage library materials in tight economic times. This course will help you
analyze selection styles, understand new approaches to building collections,
compare costs between print and electronic magazine subscriptions, and learn
how discarding items makes fiscal sense. 

• Have you ever wondered how to reduce collection development staff time and
costs? 

• Are you interested in maximizing your collection usage? 

• Do you have a magazine collection that needs weeding and don’t know where
to start? 

• Are you unsure about transitioning from a print to electronic magazine
format? 

• Would you like to know how to discard items and turn a profit at the same
time? 

If you are curious about the answers to these questions, then this workshop
is for you! 

Workshop Description: This four-week online learning course will provide
participants with practical advice and guidelines for developing a strong
materials collection. Through individual and group exercises you will
explore issues about collection development that will provide better service
and save staff time while extending your budget dollars. The instructor will
provide sample plans, templates, handouts and useful tips that can be
applied immediately. 

During the course, you will be completing exercises and participating in
online discussion forums as part of the online learning process. 

Preliminary Course Outline: Using your web browser and your Internet
connection, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and
complete the following learning modules: 

• Module One: Selection Styles To Fit Your Library Budget 

Centralized selection 

Enhanced vendor services 

Standing order plans 

• Module Two: Extend Your Budget With Shared Collections 

Floating and rotating collections 

• Module Three: Reduce Your Print Periodicals In An Electronic Age 

How to build a core collection 

Why offer both formats 

When reduction is necessary 

• Module Four: Discard For Dollars 

Why it’s important to weed collections 

When selling library discards makes fiscal sense 

How do non-profit centers offer a valuable alternative 

Instructor:  Julie Italiano.  As the Collection Development Manager at the
Contra Costa County Library from 2003 to 2008, Julie Italiano was
instrumental in developing the library’s Collection Development Plan and
served as Chair for the Collection Development Committee. Under her
direction, the Committee implemented standing order plans, floating
collections and changed collection development from a de-centralized process
to a centralized plan.  Julie brings with her an 18-year background of
public library experience and continues to stay on top of new, innovative
approaches to collection management as an Instructor for Infopeople.
Currently, Julie is an independent library consultant in the Washington DC
area.

Online Learning Details: 

This four-week course will be taught online using the web. When you
register, you will receive a registration confirmation that will include the
URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. 

Every student proceeds through the online learning modules at his or her own
pace. Students should expect to commit to spending a minimum of 2 to 2½
hours per week on this course in order to be successful. You can work on
each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you
will be expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's
assignment. We ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the
course to begin the course work. 

Your instructor will be available for limited consultation support for two
weeks after the official end date of a course, and the course material will
stay up for an additional two weeks after that, to give those who have
fallen behind time to work independently on the course. However, you will be
expected to accomplish the majority of the course in synchronization with
your peers during the first four weeks. 

Who Should Take This Course: This course is suitable for anyone from the
library community with an interest in building strong collections. This
workshop is appropriate for any staff in public or school libraries. 

Prerequisites:

This course is taught over the web. You must: 

• Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer
and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en . Search for
"Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html ). 

• Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a
website that uses frames. 

• To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share
information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and
participating in the weekly discussion boards. 

System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is
called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel.
You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to
participate in an online course: 

• Windows: 

Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Vista 

Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above 

Phishing Filter disabled (IE 7) 

• Macintosh: 

OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product) 

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above, Safari 2.0 and above 

• General 

High speed Internet connection (dial up not recommended) 

Java enabled (from Sun Microsystems not Microsoft) - test my computer - Java
download latest version 

Pop-up blockers disabled 

If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking
this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements.

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To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople Training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://infopeople.org/workshop 

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685.

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