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Technical Services (LIBT 1200)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3
Description:
This course surveys library technical services: acquisitions, collection development, resource management (with a special attention paid to electronic resources and government documents), cataloging and metadata practice, and collection management. You will understand the role of technical services in the operations of a library or information agency; and how libraries work together to do cooperative work in consortia and associations. You will understand how automation, technology, and vendors interact with people working in technical services operations. You will explore ethical considerations for policies and procedures utilized in technical services work. You will develop knowledge and skill to apply to technical services work.
Topical Outline:
1. The role of technical services in the operation of a library or information agency.
2. Ethical considerations for policies and procedures utilized in technical services.
3. Acquisitions, collection development, and collection management of physical and electronic resources.
4. Introduction to cataloging and metadata practices in libraries.
5. Use of technology, automation, vendors, and workflow management in technical services.
6. The role of cooperative work and consortia in technical services.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the role of technical services in the operation of a library or information agency.
2. Recognize ethical considerations in the application of policy and procedures in technical services.
3. Describe the function of and interrelationships between acquisitions, collection development, resource management, cataloging and metadata practice, collection management in technical services.
4. Apply course knowledge and technical skills to solve problems in acquisitions, collection development, resource management, cataloging and metadata practice, collection management.
5. Analyze how automation and technology interact with people in technical services operations.
6. Discuss the role and function of cooperative work in library consortia.
Prerequisites:
Placement into
ENGL 1110 or completion of
ENGL 0900 or
ENGA 0900 or
ESOL 0051 or Instructor Approval
Co-requisites:
Recommended
LIBT 1100,
LIBT 1300, and
LIBT 1410