Maricopa Community Colleges  LBT110   20076-20082 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 10/24/06
LBT110 20076-20082 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Introduction to Technical Services and Collection Management
Types and nature of information management and organization, including core collections, reference and special collections. Introduction to technical services functions in libraries, including materials selection, acquisition, collection management.
Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: LBT101 or permission of instructor or Program Director.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
LBT110   20076-20082 Introduction to Technical Services and Collection Management
1. Describe the purpose and processes involved in technical services. (I)
2. Describe the roles, functions, and divisions of library technical services departments. (II)
3. Describe the different types and purposes of various collections. (III)
4. Describe the overall philosophy of collection management. (IV)
5. Analyze and describe key trends and issues in a collection management and technical services support. (V)
6. Demonstrate mastery of course objectives through course materials placed in student portfolio. (VI)
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LBT110   20076-20082 Introduction to Technical Services and Collection Management
    I. History and Nature of Technical Services Functions, Rules, and Policies
        A. Terminology
        B. User Needs
        C. Information Formats
      II. Technical Services Support Functions
          A. Acquisitions
            1. Selection process
            2. Tools
          B. Cataloging and classification
            1. MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging)
            2. Classification
            3. Dewey and LCC (Library of Congress)
          C. Serials
          D. Materials processing
            1. Receiving
            2. Processing
          E. Preservation and repair
          F. Outsourcing
          G. Record keeping
            1. Types of records and their uses
            2. Budgeting
        III. Types of Collections
            A. Core collection
            B. Reference collections
            C. Specialized collections
          IV. Collection Management
              A. Purpose
              B. Collection development
              C. Techniques
            V. Trends and Issues
                A. Future trends in publishing
                B. Impact of digital information on collections
              VI. Portfolio
                  A. Course assignments, learning logs, papers, projects
                  B. Short summary of learning accomplishments for this course
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