Core Competencies in Collection Development
Anthony Greiner
from faculty, not the other way around. This si backed up by research that
shows that librarian-selected materials get more use than faculty-selected.
On the internets I found a document created by Heather Ball, listing
articles with various core competencies for librarians- reference,
children's etc. I'm guessing it was written about 2003, as that seems to be
the most recent article. I have posted the three that relate to CD below.
The website is:
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/pdc/BIBLIOGRAPHY_CORECOMPS.pdf
Heather Ball's email is listed as h.b...@vt.edu
She may know of a more recent version.
Fisher, William Harvey. "Core Competencies for the Acquisitions Librarian
Analysis of Position Announcements." Library Collections, Acquisitions, and
Technical Services 25.2 Summer 2001: 179-90.
Johnson, Margaret Ann. "Dollars and Sense in Collection Development: Skills
and
Competencies for Collection Development and Management." Technicalities
19.5 May 1999: 1.
Stacy-Bates, Kristine and Jan Fryer. “Competencies for Bibliographers: A
Process for Writing a Collection Development Competencies Document.”
Reference and User Services Quarterly 42.3 2003: 235-41.
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Tony Greiner
Portland Community College, Oregon
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Date: Fri, Sep 19 2008 8:08 am
From: "Kohn, Karen"
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