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From: Margaret Mering
Date: Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:48 AM
Subject: [IFLA-L] Online Course Grant - Call for applications
To: "ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr"
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Dear colleagues,
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS),
a division of the American Library Association, is now accepting
applications for the Online Course Grant for Library Professionals
from Developing Countries to participate in our online Fundamentals
courses held between January 29, 2018 and August 31, 2018. One free
seat per session is available to librarians and information
professionals from developing countries.
For full information about the grant, including eligibility criteria
and a link to the application form, please see:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/grants/onlinegrant. Applications may
be submitted between December 11, 2017 and January 15, 2018.
Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA)
Session 1: January 29 – March 9, 2018
Session 2: April 9 – May 18, 2018
Session 3: June 18 – July 27, 2018
The Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA) web course focuses on the
basics of acquiring monographs and serials: goals and methods,
financial management of library collections budgets, and relationships
among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription
agents, and publishers. In this course, you will receive a broad
overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the
selection decision is made. Note that in FOA, we distinguish between
collection development, which involves the selection of materials for
the library; and acquisitions, which orders, receives, and pays for
those materials.
Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (FERA)
Session 1: February 26 – March 23, 2018
Session 2: April 23 – May 18, 2018
Session 3: July 23 – August 17, 2018
The Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (FERA) web
course will provide an overview of acquiring, providing access to,
administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic
resources. It will provide a basic background in electronic resource
acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods,
and pricing models and will provide an overview of the sometimes
complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers,
and libraries.
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (FCDM)
Session 1: March 12 – April 6, 2018
Session 2: May 7 – June 1, 2018
Session 3: July 23 – August 17, 2018
The Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management web course
addresses the basic components of these important areas of
responsibility in libraries. Components include complete definition of
collection development and collection management; collections policies
and budgets as part of library planning; collection development
(selecting for and building collections); collection management (e.g.,
making decisions after materials are selected, including decisions
about withdrawal, transfer, preservation); collection analysis—why and
how to do it; outreach, liaison, and marketing; trends and suggestions
about the future for collection development and management.
Fundamentals of Collection Assessment (FCA)
Session 1: March 12 – April 20, 2018
Session 2: May 14 – June 22, 2018
Session 3: July 23 – August 31, 2018
The Fundamentals of Collection Assessment course introduces the
fundamental aspects of collection assessment in libraries. The course
is designed for those who are responsible for or interested in
collection assessment in all types and sizes of libraries. The course
will introduce key concepts in collection assessment including the
definition of collection assessment, techniques and tools, assessment
of print and electronic collections, and project design and
management.
Fundamentals of Cataloging (FOC)
Session 2: March 19 – April 27, 2018
Session 3: June 4 – July 13, 2018
Fundamentals of Cataloging (FOC) web course begins with a discussion
of how cataloging assists users in finding resources and of the value
of standardization of practice. These foundations are then given
practical grounding in the work of creating bibliographic
descriptions, the process of subject analysis, and summarizing content
utilizing classification. Standards such as MARC bibliographic and
authority formats, Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of
Congress Classification are discussed. The shift in focus from
format-based cataloging to entity-relationship model cataloging is
taken from the FRBR foundation to the RDA practical application, with
a final look at RDF triples and BIBFRAME. In all areas, the value of
standards is illustrated and discussed. There is a heavy reliance on
examples from actual practice throughout the course content.
Fundamentals of Preservation (FOP)
Session 1: February 26 – March 23, 2018
Session 2: April 30 – May 25, 2018
Session 3: July 30 – August 24, 2018
The Fundamentals of Preservation web course introduces participants to
the principles, policies and practices of preservation in libraries
and archives. The course is designed to inform all staff, across
divisions and departments and at all levels of responsibility. It
provides tools to begin extending the useful life of library
collections. Components include preservation as a formal library
function and how it reflects and supports the institutional mission;
the primary role of preventive care, including good storage
conditions, emergency planning and careful handling of collections;
the history and manufacture of physical formats and how this impacts
preservation options; standard methods of care and repair, as well as
reformatting options; and challenges in preserving digital content and
what the implications are for the future of scholarship.
Fundamentals of Metadata (FOM)
Session 1: January 8 – February 16, 2018
Session 2: March 19 – April 27, 2018
Session 3: May 21 – June 29, 2018
The Fundamentals of Metadata course will examine similarities and
differences between cataloging and metadata; descriptive, technical,
and administrative metadata schema; content standards and controlled
vocabularies; approaches to metadata creation and transformation; and
metadata project design.
Thank you! We look forward to receiving your applications.
Meg Mering
ALCTS International Relations Committee
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