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Collection Management

Postgraduate | CUR-INFM210 | 2019

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Rummage through the policies and issues affecting the collections management field.Describe the methodologies used to measure collections. Learn about document delivery. Round up alternative ways you can help users find the information they need.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks

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Collection Management

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. explain the major current issues affecting the development and management of library collections, with particular reference to the Australian context
    2. apply the methodology of making quantitative and qualitative measures of collections
    3. explain the relationship between collection management and other areas of library operations
    4. evaluate and select appropriate material for addition to particular collections
    5. assess the alternative means of providing users with access to the information they require.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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