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Kohn, Karen

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Sep 19, 2008, 11:08:00 AM9/19/08

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Hello,

I am just starting to plan a short retreat for the librarians here with collection development responsibilities. The pattern at my university has mostly been letting faculty tell us what they want us to order, and I would like people to start thinking of Collection Development as a professional skill.

I will be attending the Charleston Conference in November, so hopefully I’ll be able to bring something back from that. Does anyone have other suggestions for me? For example, is there a particular person who writes or speaks about CD competencies? An existing list of competencies? I’ve looked at a couple of libraries’ training manuals, so I will start with those to see how I can adapt them to a retreat.

Thanks in advance.

Karen Kohn

Collection Development Manager /

Reference Librarian

Landman Library

Arcadia University

450 S. Easton Road

Glenside, PA 19038

ph: 215-572-8528

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