Development of collections
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KD18BKAM02 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 5.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Leikkari, Esa |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| KIKO-2015 |
1 autumn |
5.0 |
2015-08-01 |
2015-12-31 |
| KIKO-2016 |
1 autumn |
5.0 |
2016-08-01 |
2016-12-31 |
Learning Outcomes
After the course the student
- will know the basics of the publishing business and the production and distribution network
- has command of the principles and methods for forming and developing collections
- will know how to evaluate collections
Student's Workload
The student’s workload is 132 h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
The basics of the library and information field
Contents
- publishing activities and production of publications and distribution networks: book material, magazines, sound recording and image documents, electronic publications
- the various stages of work with library collections
- organizing collections for customer use
- collection quality and evaluation
Recommended or Required Reading
- students’ own information retrieval
- Wilen, R. &Kortelainen, T. 2007. Kirjastokokoelmien kehittämisen ja arvioinnin perusteet. Yliopistopaino
- Johnson, P. 2014. Fundamentals of collection development and management. ALA. Saatavilla: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/seamkebrary/reader.action?docID=10883696&ppg=1
- Evans, G.E. 2005. Developing library and information center collections. Libraries Unlimited
- other material will be announced at the beginning of the course
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, supervised and independent exercises, exam, group work
Assessment Criteria
5
The student
- has been very interactive in group work and on the course
- can seek scientific and professional information for his/her assignments
- can give a good presentation of publishing and distribution channels with a critical point of view
- has a comprehensive view of publishing in the assignments
- is able to outline the changes in the future of publishing
- can explain the stages involved in working with collections and plan some developing targets for a library
- knows the evaluation methods for different kinds of collections
3
The student
- has been active on the course
- can seek scientific and professional information for his/her assignments
- can give a presentation of publishing and distribution channels and is able to outline the future of publishing
- can explain the stages involved in working with collections and plan some targets for development for a library
- knows the evaluation methods for different collections
1
- has been sufficiently active on the course
- can seek some scientific and professional information for his/her assignments
- can give a presentation of publishing and distribution channels
- can explain the stages involved in working with collections
- knows some of the evaluation methods
Assessment Methods
Written assignments and practical work in a team, exam
Work Placement
No work placement
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