INF435 Collections (8)
Enrolment Restriction: Not available to students who have completed INF201
Not available to students who have completed INF414
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.