Fall 2005 IRLS 460/560 Information Resource Development
Class Schedule
Thursday, August 25
Information Age/Information Society: Introduction to the course content with overview of assignments. Introduction to terms and definitions related to information resource collection and development.
Thursday, September 1
Community Needs Analysis/Information Needs Assessment
Thursday, September 8
Collection Development Policies
Producers of Information Materials
Book Publishing/Book Reviewing
Thursday, September 15
What Happens In Selection?
Introducing Collection Development Tools
Selection Aids
Assignment: Project 1 due for next class
Thursday, September 22
Selection of Fiction by Genre
Selection of Non-Fiction by Subject
Assignment: Projects 2 and 3 due for next class
Thursday, September 29
Selection of Children’s and Young Adult print materials
Assignment: Read Chapters 1-5 in your text by the end of the semester. This will serve as a review of the material covered thus far.
Assignment: Read Chapters 7 and 8 in your text for next class (if text available, otherwise by end of Semester). Project 4 due for October 13 class
Thursday, October 6
Electronic Resources
Assignment: Read Chapters 6 and 9 of your text for next class.
Thursday, October 13
Selection of Non-Book Materials/Government Documents/Serials
Assignment: Read Chapter 10 of your text for next class.
Thursday, October 20
Selection of Non-Print (AV Media) Materials
Assignment: Project 5 due for next class.
Thursday, October 23
Selection for Various Types of Libraries—Guest Speakers?
Assignment: Collection Development Policy Assignment Due for next class—Group presentations
Thursday, November 3
Collection Development Policies Group Presentations
Assignment: Read Chapters 11, 12, and 13 of your text for next class.
Thursday, November 10
Collection Development Policies Group Presentations continued
Acquisitions/Distributors and Vendors/Fiscal Management
Assignment: Read Chapters 14 and 15 of your text for next class.
Thursday, November 17
Deselection/Evaluation/Copyright Protection vs. Fair Use
Intellectual Freedom vs. Censorship
Assignment: Read Chapter 19 of your text for next class.
Thursday, November 24
Thanksgiving Day Recess—No Class
Thursday, December 1
Core Collection Assignment discussion
