Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:

1. Explain how technical services and collection management principles support library services.
2. Apply library procedures for ordering/subscribing, receiving, processing, maintaining, and preserving materials.
3. Identify and select appropriate vendors for the acquisition of materials.
4. Acquire and process library materials.
5. Implement methods for maintaining a collection budget, including the encumbrance and reconciliation of funds.

1. Articulate how technical services and collection management supports library services.
2. Practice ordering, receiving and processing library materials.
3. Create a collection budget.
4. Interactive class discussions.
5. Individual and group activities, projects, and presentations.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of technical services, such as acquisition, processing, maintaining, and preserving print and electronic collections, including serials subscriptions, through class discussions, activities, projects, and presentations.
2. Actively participate in class discussions.
3. Actively collaborate with others to complete group activities, projects, and presentations.
4. Complete class activities, projects, and presentations on time.

1. Introduction to technical services.
2. Collection management procedures, including ordering/subscribing, receiving, processing, maintaining, and preserving materials.
3. Collection budgets