Course Title: Collection Management of Information Resources Course Code LIS 102

Knowledge Area: LIS

Course Description: Introduces the various aspects and general principles of collection development and management. This includes
discussion of selection, evaluation, acquisition and development of library and information center collections. This also
presents legal and ethical concerns pertaining to collection development and the preservation and conservation concepts
and practices pertaining to information resources.
Pre-requisite Course: None Units: 3 Class Schedule:

LearningOutcomes

GO 11
GO10
GO 5

GO 6

GO 9
GO 7
GO1

GO2

GO3

GO4

GO8

G12

G13
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

1. Explain the principles and techniques of collection development

A
and management
2. Conduct user’s analysis and write a corresponding report A A A A
3. Evaluate criteria and tools for selecting and deselecting library
B B B A
materials
4. Discuss the components and operations of acquisition program B B
5. Explain the relationships and interactions between collection
B B
development and the publishing and information industries
6. Examine various means of financial management specific to
B A A
collection development
7. Perform collection evaluation using varying methods B A A A
8. Classify the different means by which collection may be
B A
conserved
9. Evaluate legal issues, trends, and requirements that affect
B A C
acquisitions programs
10. Analyze constructive methods for solving problems of collection
B A A
development and management
11. Identify opportunities and challenges posed by electronic
B A A
materials
12. Formulate a collection development policy in the context of an C C C
C C
existing library without a written CDP
Legend:
KA - Knowledge Area LIS – Library and Information Science
GO – Graduate Outcome : A - Introduced B – Reinforced C – Expanded D – Achieved and Assessed

Major Course Outputs: As evidence of learning, the students are required to execute/submit the following:

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 Major Course Output Course Output Description Corresponding Learning Outcome
MCO 1 Presentation/Report The students will present in groups their understanding of the following:
Types of information sources and their corresponding selection criteria;
 Acquisition processes
 Roles of distributors, vendors and publishers in collection LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5
development
 Collection centered evaluation of collection
 User/use Centered evaluation of collection
MCO 2 User Study After discussion of the topic on Community Analysis, the students will
conduct a user’s study and submit a corresponding paper that documents
LO 1
their objectives, methodology, findings, conclusions and
recommendations.
MCO 3 Collection Evaluation After the topic on Collection Evaluation, the students will conduct one
type of collection evaluation to be assigned by the teacher. They will
LO 6
submit a corresponding paper documenting their objectives,
methodology, findings, conclusions and recommendations.
MCO 4 Collection At the end of the term, the students will individually write a collection
Development Policy development policy on a particular library of their choice. They will submit
LO 12
a well - crafted Collection Development Policy complete with the
corresponding details for each elements of the policy.
MCO 5 Midterm Exam LO 1-LO5
MCO 6 Final Exam LO 6-LO 12

Learning Plan

Learning Intended Learning Outcomes Topic Teaching and Assessmen

Outcom learning t
e activities
LO 1 At the end of the lesson/section, the students should be able to: 1. Overview of Collection Lecture, recitation Recitation
a) Explain the role of collection management and development in Libraries Development Quizzes
and Information Resource Centers
b) Discuss the elements and aspects of the collection development
processes
LO 2 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: 1) Collection Development MCO 1 Recitation
a) Discuss the various types of users/clients of a library and how they Processes Lecture, recitation, Quizzes
contribute to the collection development process a) Community analysis
b) Distinguish the various elements of user analysis
c) Relate various assumptions about users to the design of a user
analysis tool
d) Write user and community analysis report MCO 2
LO 2 At the end of the lesson, the students should Collection Development Policy Lecture Recitation

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Learning Intended Learning Outcomes Topic Teaching and Assessmen
Outcom learning t
e activities
be able to: Brief Collection Quizzes
a) Identify the various elements of a collection development policy Policy Formulation Reports
b) Formulate policy statements for the various elements of the CDP

LO 3 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Selection Process MCO 1 Recitation
a) Identify the various elements of the selection process 1) Types of information Lecture Quizzes
b) Apply selection criteria for a particular type of resource sources Reports
c) Select materials using particular criteria applicable for the resources, 2) Selectioncriteria
for a given type/nature of library and users 3) Selection Tools
d) Use appropriate selection tools for specific types of information
sources/materials

LO 4 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Acquisitions MCO 1 Recitation
a) Identify appropriate acquisition options per type of library 1) Order plans Lecture Quizzes
b) Distinguish appropriate acquisition options per type of material 2) Acquisition of specific Reports
c) Determine alternative means of acquisition types of materials
3) Gifts and donations
4) Exchange

LO 5 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Producers of Information MCO 1 Recitation
a) Differentiate the roles of distributors and vendors Sources Lecture Quizzes
b) Compare the roles and characteristics of various types of publishers 1) Distributors and vendors Reports
2) Publishers
Midterm Exam
LO 6 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Financial Management MCO 1 Recitation
a) Identifyappropriate budgeting schemes applicable to particular libraries 1) Budgeting Lecture Quizzes
and information centers 2) Appropriating resources Sharing from a Reports
b) Determine effective means of expending the budget resource person

LO 7 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Collection Analysis Lecture Recitation
a) Report on collection evaluation methods that are focused on the 1) Collection centered MCO 3 Quizzes
physical collection evaluation Use of software in Reports
b) Evaluate collection using at least one collection-centered or user- 2) User/Users centered data analysis and
centered methods evaluation evaluation
Hands on – online
information search
LO 8 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Protecting the collection Lecture Recitation
a) Identify the various means of preserving varying types of materials 1) Preservation Lecture from a Quizzes

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Learning Intended Learning Outcomes Topic Teaching and Assessmen
Outcom learning t
e activities
b) Differentiate preservation and conservation 2) Conservation Resource person Reports
c) Discussthe basic restoration methods in most common types of library 3) Restoration Hands on
materials activities on
preservation
LO 9 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Deselection Lecture Recitation
a) Identify reasons for deselecting materials from the collection MCO 1 Quizzes
b) Explain effective means for deselection Reports
LO 10 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Inventory Lecture Recitation
a) Classify various processes of inventorying library collection 1) Manual Inventory Case studies Quizzes
b) Distinguishvarious inventory processes Processes Resource person Reports
2) Automated Inventory lecture Case
Processes and Tools Studies
LO 11 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Legal Issues Lecture Recitation
a) Evaluate the various legal issues related to information materials 1) Intellectual Property Case studies Quizzes
b) Relate collection development and the various legal issues surrounding 2) Copyright and Reports
information materials infringement Case
3) Fair use Studies
4) Licensing Agreements
5) Censorship
LO 12 At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to: Trends in Collection Lecture Recitation
Identify the current trends in information sources and collection Management Quizzes
development Reports

Final Exam
Final project MCO 4

Learning Resources Albitz, B. (2008). Licensing and Managing Electronic Resources. Chandos Pub.
(e.g., Textbooks and Altschuld, J. W. (2010). Needs Assessment: an overview. Sage
References) Crews, K. D. (2012). Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions. ALA
Evans, G.E. (2012). Collection Management Basics. Libraries Unlimited
Fagan, B. D. (2011). Comic Book Collections for Libraires. Libraries Unlimited.
Gathegi, J. (2012). The Digital Librarian’s Legal Handbooks. Neal-Schuman Publishers
Gregory, V. L. (2011). Collection Development and Management for 21st Century Library Collections: An Introduction. Neal-
Schuman Publishers.
Hoffman, F. (2005). Library Collection Development Policies: Academic, Public and Special Libraries. Scarecrow Press

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MCO 1 – Presentation/Report
Category
Content 40%
Presentation 30%
Audience impact 15%
Stage presence 15%
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Johnson, P. (2009). Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management. ALA.
Lipinski, T. A. (2013). The Librarian’s Legal Companion for Licensing Information Resources and Services. ALA
Whittaker, B. M. (2009). Special Collections 2.0: New Technologies for Rare Books, Manuscripts and Archival Collections. Libraries
Unlimited
Newbery and Caldecott awards: A guide to the medal and honor books. ALA
Public Library Core Collection: A Selection Guide to Reference Books and Adult Nonfiction
Performance Indicator Rubric
4 3 2 1
Well researched content; Up to Well researched content and Evidence of research in the No evidence of research in the
date resources; going beyond up to date resources content; content
the text (with resource persons
interviewed); case
presentations
Excellent presentation of report Use of presentation tools in the Use of presentation tools; no Did not use any presentation
using effective presentation delivery of the report; class interaction with classmates tool to deliver the report
tools that make the interaction was average
presentation lively and
appealing to elicit interaction
from classmates
Class is able to understand Class is able to understand and Class is able to understand Class was not able to
presentation; Class reacts appreciate presentation; and appreciate the understand nor appreciate the
positively or negatively minimal interaction with the presentation presentation
depending on their agreement reporters
or disagreement to the
views/points presented
Reporters can speak clearly Reporters can speak clearly Reporters were able to deliver Reporters were not confident in
and audibly; they are able to and audibly; clear engagement the report with sufficient the delivery of the report
excellently present the report with classmates confidence
with proper attire (either
complete crisp uniform or
smart casual if the school
doesn’t have a school uniform)
5
MCO 2 – User Study
Category 4 3
Content 40% Students are able to craft the
study with careful thought of its
objectives, methodology,
analysis, conclusions and
recommendations; able to
relate various assumptions on
users with their findings; well
researched data and
background of study
Methodology 30% Students are able toselect
appropriate user study
methodology relative to
problems/objectives set out in
their study
Presentation 30% Report is well written; carefully
crafted (grammatically correct);
arguments well thought of and
conclusions/recommendations
necessarily follow from data
presented/analyzed
MCO 3 – Collection Evaluation
Category 4 3
Methodology 50% Students are able tocraft
corresponding methodology
relative to the approach to
collection evaluation (user
centered vs collection
centered);
Use of multiple methods of
collection evaluation,
combining both user centered
and collection centered
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Well crafted problem
statements, objectives,
methodology, analysis and
conclusions; evidence of data
for background of study to
establish the objectives of the
study
Students are able to select and
carry out suggested
methodologies relative to
objectives
Report is well written;
arguments necessarily follow
from data presented/analyzed
Students are able to craft
corresponding methodology
relative to the approach to
collection evaluation;
Use of several methods of
collection evaluation for each –
collection centered and user
centered approach
2 1
Evidence of problem No clear objectives or
statements, objectives, problems, no evidence of
methodology, analysis and research to back-up claims
conclusions
Evidence of data gathering Evidence of data gathering but
using suggested methodology is not appropriate
methodologies relative to objectives
Arguments are presented; data Evidence of argumentation;
are analyzed evidence of data analysis
2 1
Students are able to craft Minimal effort to design
corresponding methodology appropriate methodology for
relative to the approach to evaluating the collection
collection evaluation;
use of one method to evaluate
a collection on just one
approach
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 Category 4 3 2 1
approaches
Content 40% Data well analyzed; Data well analyzed; Findings and data are Findings and data are
corresponding conclusions and corresponding conclusions and presented with analysis; presented with minimal
recommendations are given. recommendations are given. moderate analysis analysis.
Well researched arguments to Researched arguments to
support claims support claims
Structure 10% Free of grammatical errors; Minimal grammatical errors; Minimal to moderate Moderate grammatical errors
data well-presented data well-presented grammatical errors

MCO 4 – Collection Development Policy

Category 4 3
Content 60% Data thoroughly analyzed;
corresponding policies are
well crafted; procedures are
within the context of the
information center
Structure 30% Free of grammatical errors;
data well presented; follows
format and outline
Acceptance of the chosen Fully accepted without
library 10% reservations
Data well analyzed;
corresponding policies are
crafted; procedures are within
the context of the information
center
Minimal grammatical errors;
data-well presented; follows
format and outline
Acceptance with corrections
2 1
Data analysis is acceptable; Minimal effort to analyze and
there is evidence of policies craft policies and procedures
and procedures
Minimal to moderate Moderate grammatical errors;
grammatical errors; not within does not adhere to the format
the format and outline and outline
Acceptance with reservation No evidence of agreement or
acceptance

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