SCHOOL Of LIBRARY SCIENCE
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
LiS 460/560
INFORMATION RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
SUMMER I, 1997

Frank Gibbons Adjunct Professor
Class Time :Monday through Friday, 7:00am - 8:45am

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course examines the methods used in libraries and information centers of all types to ensure that users of these services are provided with the information they need. It reviews the means by which information needs are assessed, the identification of appropriate information resources and the management of the processes by which information is disseminated.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students should become aware of the methodologies used in finding the information needs of library and information center users and in the study of the information searching strategies of various client groups. Students should gain a knowledge of the literature of user studies and its application in information resource development.

Students should acquire an understanding of the principles and practices involved in the production and dissemination of information in various areas of knowledge.

Students should become familiar with management theory and practice in relation to information resource development and the processes of resource selection and evaluation.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Students are expected to be familiar with the basics of acquiring information by means of information technology and will be encourage to evaluate computer based information resources in specific subject fields.

Informed participation in class is expected.

TWO papers are required, as specified below, plus a final Test

Paper l. Discuss the ideas presented in the prefaces and in Chapter 1 of the set text in the context of their relevance to a library of specified type(e.g. public,university,school,special)

Paper 2. For a specified type of library outline principles and procedures for the selection of information resources in a named subject field. Include a consideration of both print and electronic information resources and illustrate the practical application of your guidelines by giving examples of resources you would recommend and of others you would exclude, giving reasons in each case.

Test This will consist of six questions. Students will be required to answer THREE questions in 90 minutes.

Grading and submission of work

Paper 1 (due at the end of Week 3) 20%
Paper 2 ( due at the end of Week 4) 40%
Participation in class discussions 10%
Test (last Week of course) 30%

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1
Introduction
Information needs assessment 1
Information needs assessment 2
Collection development policies 1
Collection development policies 2

Week 2
Selection theory
Selection practise
Publishing
Serials
DISCUSSION

Week 3
Government documents; AV; electronic resources
Acquisitions
Fiscal management 1
Fiscal management 2
DISCUSSION

Week 4
Deselection
Evaluation 1
Evaluation 2
Co-operation: protection of collections
4 July: NO CLASS

Week 5
Legal considerations: censorship
DISCUSSION
TEST
Overview

Set Text: Evans,G.Edward Developing Library and Information Center Collections, 3rd. ed. Libraries Unlimited Inc. 1995

REQUIRED READINGS

Old forms, new forms: the challenge of...
Ross Atkinson. College and Research Libraries, September 1989,pp 507-519.

Management of information
Miriam Drake. College and Research Libraries, Sept. 1989, pp. 521-531.

The RLG Prospectus, its uses and benefits
Anthony W. Ferguson, et al. College and Research Libraries, May 1988, pp. l97-206 .

Approval plans: politics and performance Robert F. Nardini College and Research Libraries, September 1993, pp.
417-425.

The selection decision: defining criteria and...
John Routledge and Luke Swindler. College and Research Libraries, March
1987, pp. 123-131.

Ranking and evaluating the ARL Library map collections
Charles A. Seavey. College and Research Libraries, January 1992, pp. 31-43.

Automated acquisitions
Margo Sasse and Patricia Smith. Library Acquisitions, v. 16,1992, pp. 135-143.

Selection and censorship: a reappraisal.
Lester Asheim. Wilson Library Bulletin, November 1983,pp. 180-184.

Collection development and scholarly communication.
by Bart Harloe and John Budd. From Journal of Academic Librarianship, May 1994,
pp. 83-87. Reprinted with permission from JAI Press, via CCC.

Access and ownership in the academic environment...
by Beth Brin and Elissa Cochran. From Journal of Academic Librarianship, Sept. 1994,
pp. 207-212. Reprinted with permission from JAI Press, via CCC.

Academic Information services: a Library...
by Bryce Allen. From Library Trends, Spring 1995, pp. 645-662. Reprinted with
permission from the University of Illinois, via CCC.

Resource sharing in the electronic era...
Guy N. Dannelly. Library Trends, Spring 1995, pp. 663-678.

Collection development: evaluation
Dennis P. Carrigan. Journal of Academic Librarianship, V.22, 1996, pp. 273-278.


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