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IS 554: Public Library Management and
Services
Project Management Portfolio Manual for Library
Automation to Digitize Culture-Specific Materials in Small Libraries Settings
Course Goals
There is an increasing possibility that recent
graduates will be expected to assume responsibility of digitization and work in
cross-cultural projects in PLs (for that matter in any kind of libraries) early
in their careers. For that reason, ALA accredited programs offer courses like this one. One cannot learn to manage PLs, however, by
taking a single course. Some argue that
management cannot be taught at all.
A career in PL management demands a
commitment to continuing education. The
purpose of this course is to introduce students to what they will have to
learn. Each subject addressed deserves
an entire course.
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Understand PLs in a global
society
- Explore current management
issues in PLs and discuss PLs as information agencies
- Describe the role and
authority of PLs in implementing and managing digital collections
- Experience and critique
cross-cultural library settings and identify PL management issues in
intercultural environments
- Discuss strategies for
effective use of digitized cultural resources in PLs
- Describe methods of
gauging PL effectiveness in different cultural environments via case-study
analysis
- Describe and interpret
collection development, policies and planning, library automation, and library
governance in small libraries (or via one-person librarianship) for cultural
materials
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