Montana State Library

MSL Home > For Librarians > Training > Online Classes > Collection Development > Main Menu

Collection Development

Introduction

Welcome to the Montana State Library's Online Collection Development class. We've divided the course into six parts. To review each part, follow the links below or click on the arrow that appears at the end of each section.

You will receive 6 continuing education credits in Collection Development and Technical Services for this course. You may work through it at your own pace. If it is easier for you to work through a section a week, you can do that or you can work through all 6 sections at once. This course does have an interactive component, so you will be asked to send some information to Maggie Meredith at the Montana State Library. The interactive components are designed to give you a chance to apply collection development theory to practice.

Main Menu

• Introduction
  An overview of the collection development process.
• Policy
  Putting it all together in a formal document.
• Assessment
  How to do collection assessment and why bother.
• Weeding
  Tips, guidance, and reasons for weeding.
• Selection
  Tips and guidelines about selecting items for the library.
• Intellectual Freedom
  Library Bill of Rights, Freedom to Read, and Dealing with Challenges.