Format: Self-paced course
Developed by: WebJunction and the Idaho Commission for Libraries
Length: 1 hour
Overview:
In the first course of the LiFT Collection Management series, you’ll learn how library collections help support a library’s vision, mission, and values and serve its community. You’ll also learn the basics of managing a collection throughout its lifecycle and how a library’s budget and physical space may constrain its collection.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Define a library collection
- Identify collection types at their library
- Describe how your library's collections support its vision, mission, and values
- Understand a library’s collection lifecycle
- Discuss two common limitations of library collections: space and budget
