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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: Selection and Acquisitions

PREFIX/NUMBER: LTN 110

CREDIT HOURS: 3

2. PREREQUISITE: - Any of the following: BTE 100, BTE 102, BTE 103, or equivalent

and CIS 110 or equivalent.

3. RESOURCES NEEDED:

TEXT (provided to students): The Crew Method: Expanded Guidelines for Collection

Evaluation and Weeding for Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries.

SUPPLIES: Must have access to a computer and a library.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces the student to the tools, vendors, jobbers,

and approval plans that comprise the selection process. In addition the student is introduced to

acquisitions policy. The student engages in a course project whereby he/she applies a collection

evaluation methodology to a section of a library collection, and locates and recommends

replacement titles.

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain the purpose of a collection development policy.

2. Describe the role of needs assessments and a community analysis.

3. Identify selection principles for print, non-print, and online materials for library collections.

4. Apply selection principles by weeding a library collection.

5. Prepare a list of recommended replacement materials for collection.

6. Evaluate selection tools used to acquire library materials.

7. Recall the vocabulary of selection and acquisitions

8. Explain the role of gifts and donations in collection development.

9. Recognize the acquisitions issues that involve the publishing industry.

10. Evaluate and select vendors.

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11. Discuss intellectual freedom and censorship issues relating to selection and acquisitions

and understand the purposes of selection and materials challenge policies.

6. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

The final grade for this course is determined by a combination of exams, quizzes,

projects, discussion, and homework. The point value of each assignment will be given to

the students by the instructor is a separate handout.

Grading Scale

Raw Score Range Letter Grade

90 to 100 A

80 to 89 B

70 to 79 C

60 to 69 D

0 to 59 F

Special Remarks:

1. Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when

absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term,

15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five

hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.

Make Up Policy: To receive full credit, all work must be submitted on time. One point

will be deducted for each day that an assignment is late. Any special circumstances

must be discussed with the instructor prior to the assignment due date.

7. COURSE OUTLINE

Tentative Schedule

I. Introduction to Collection Development

II. Selection of library for project

III. Presentation of intellectual freedom principles and censorship

IV. Introduction to selection criteria

V. Discussion of gifts and donations

VI. Collection evaluation and weeding introduction

VII. Weeding project

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VIII. Introduction to publisher types

IX. Presentation of the role of out-of-print, print-on-demand, binding, and repair in

collection development

X. Selection and acquisitions

a. Quality vs. use

b. Selection principles

c. Selection resources

d. Acquisitions principles

XI. Vendors and Jobbers

XII. Online acquisitions

XIII. Acquisitions steps

XIV. Project

8. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions,

readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point

values to such activities.

9. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards

of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of

academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic

integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and

fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and

personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors

that constitute academic dishonesty. Disciplinary sanctions for violating the standards of

academic integrity may include warning, probation, or suspension. Academic sanctions may

include failure of the course or the assignment at the discretion of the instructor. Students may

receive both disciplinary and academic sanctions.

10. DISABILITY STATEMENT: Students who have a documented disability may be

eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability

Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.