Register for ACRL e-learning course, “Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-Library”
Register for now for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) e-learning course, “Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-library,” to be offered March 10-28, 2008.
ABOUT THE COURSE
In this hands-on course you will learn to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of your choice. Students will focus on developing a collection plan for one library patron group of their choice. Patron groups may include: faculty, students, researchers, general public, subject specialists, etc. This collection plan will be developed in five parts. Each part includes lecture, discussion and hands-on activities that will step participants through creating or assessing a collection plan for developing a e-library collection.
The instructor will use examples of well planned and designed e-libraries on the Web to illustrate each part.
Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-Library is a primarily asynchronous seminar, allowing participants to work through course material at times convenient to them throughout the week. Participants may also choose to schedule chat time with one another or with the instructor, as they feel necessary. Specific material and activities are expected to be covered during each week of the course. Threaded discussion forums will be available for use in activities and other course-related conversations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, you will have:
have developed selection criteria, plan for collection, evaluation, organization, and maintenance of an e-library collection for the patron group of your choice at your library.
have begun identifying, evaluating, selecting, and collecting appropriate free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for your e-library.
Participants will end the session with a completed collection development plan for the e-library collection they wish to develop including:
collection plan abstract or introduction
collection strategy
collection organization plan
collection maintenance plan
INSTRUCTOR
Diane Kovacs, Kovacs Consulting
The instructor has been teaching virtual reference related concepts and skills online and in-person for more than 14 years. She is the author of The Virtual Reference Handbook: Interview and Information Delivery Techniques for the Chat and E-Mail Environments Neal-Schuman Publishers (2007) published concurrently in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishers (2007) and The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and Guidelines (Neal-Schuman, January 2004). Additional Biographical Information is available at http://www.kovacs.com/aboutus.html.
More information on Diane Kovacs
REGISTRATION
Registration for this seminar is now open. For additional information and a link to the online registration form, visit:
http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/ecolldev.cfm
ACRL and ALA members will receive a registration discount. The seminar is limited to 60 participants, so register early. Payment may be made by credit card or purchase order (PO) only.
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60 [collib-l]