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INF210 201230 W D-30 January 2012-Version 1 Page 1 of 15
INF210 - Collections
Session 1 2012
Faculty of Education
School of Information Studies
Wagga Wagga Campus
Distance Mode
Subject Coordinator Robert Pymm
Subject Overview
Welcome to a new session of study at Charles Sturt University.
This subject focuses on the provision of appropriate information resources for organisations and communities, with particular emphasis on the hardcopy and electronic materials required to achieve the goals of libraries, information agencies and related organisations. It will also address the concept of tacit and explicit knowledge collections and the role of institutional repositories. Attention is given to the assessment of needs, selection, acquisition, evaluation, deselection of resources and consortia, and issues such as policy formulation, budgeting, cooperative resource provision, outsourcing, preservation, electronic publishing and space planning.
Introduction
INF210 focuses on the resources that librarians, archivists, record keepers and other information professionals make available and accessible to their clients, with particular emphasis on how these materials are identified, selected, acquired, evaluated and removed when no longer of value. In the past, subjects of this kind have been concerned mainly with printed materials, but in more recent years digital objects (any digital file of whatever type – a word document, email, database, video clip and so on, is commonly called an 'object') have become at least as important as print materials. In the weeks ahead both types of materials will receive considerable attention.
As you will see, the subject covers a lot of territory. This means a lot of work, and your task will probably be a lot easier and more palatable if you are able to work at a steady pace through the modules in Interact and associated readings, rather than neglecting the subject for two or
INF210 201230 W D-30 January 2012-Version 1 Page 1 of 15
INF210 - Collections
Session 1 2012
Faculty of Education
School of Information Studies
Wagga Wagga Campus
Distance Mode
Subject Coordinator Robert Pymm
Subject Overview
Welcome to a new session of study at Charles Sturt University.
This subject focuses on the provision of appropriate information resources for organisations and communities, with particular emphasis on the hardcopy and electronic materials required to achieve the goals of libraries, information agencies and related organisations. It will also address the concept of tacit and explicit knowledge collections and the role of institutional repositories. Attention is given to the assessment of needs, selection, acquisition, evaluation, deselection of resources and consortia, and issues such as policy formulation, budgeting, cooperative resource provision, outsourcing, preservation, electronic publishing and space planning.
Introduction
INF210 focuses on the resources that librarians, archivists, record keepers and other information professionals make available and accessible to their clients, with particular emphasis on how these materials are identified, selected, acquired, evaluated and removed when no longer of value. In the past, subjects of this kind have been concerned mainly with printed materials, but in more recent years digital objects (any digital file of whatever type – a word document, email, database, video clip and so on, is commonly called an 'object') have become at least as important as print materials. In the weeks ahead both types of materials will receive considerable attention.
As you will see, the subject covers a lot of territory. This means a lot of work, and your task will probably be a lot easier and more palatable if you are able to work at a steady pace through the modules in Interact and associated readings, rather than neglecting the subject for two or