Learning Objectives
- Reflect on learning by sharing information with others
Check Your Learning
Use this checklist to determine whether you have met the objectives of the class.
- I have explored best practices for building and maintaining the library collection.
- I have considered the options available for purchasing materials for the library.
- I understand the importance of cataloging for the best user experience.
- I have considered helpful practices to prepare items for circulation.
- I have learned why it is important to maintain the library collection and have discovered tools to help support that work.
- I understand how conducting an inventory can help maintain the library collection.
- I have reflected on learning by sharing information with others.
Reflecting on Your Learning
Now that you have learned more about Collection Development, what it means, and how to implement it into your library practice, answer the following questions in the INFOhio School Library Basics group on Open Space. Look for the Reflecting on Collection Development Learning in the Discussions tab.
- What part of the class and its activities were most helpful in understanding the topic? Why?
- What part of the class could be better? What would you do to improve it? Why?
- What was the most important thing you learned from this class? What makes it important to you?
Extend the Learning
Now that you have completed the training, make sure the learning doesn't stop. If you haven't already, take some time and develop your own collection development policy, making sure to share your plan with an administrator and work together to evaluate it. Consider these questions:
- What works/doesn't work for your situation? How will you know you have a successful policy or need to adjust?
- Which materials you learned about in the training will you use the most in your own collection development policy?
- What did you discover about your teaching or delivery style from thinking about and creating a collection development policy?
- What are two pieces of advice you would give to a fellow librarian who wants to begin creating a collection development policy for his or her library?
