What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. As the library houses creative works from different authors and creators, it is best for different institutions to know the legal issues anchored to these works. For this week, we tackled numerous legal issues. First and foremost, we discussed about intellectual property rights. Intellectual property refers to any work made…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. For this week, we learned about preservation — a group of activities that aims to prevent damages to the materials on the library collection including treatment, replacement, or reformatting that addresses that existing damage of a material. Materials that are to be preserved will undergo a selection process. Preservation also…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. For this week, we learned about the concept of cooperation in a library setting. Cooperation, in a nutshell, is an agreement between two or more libraries that permits one another from sharing access to a collection and reciprocal borrowing agreements to a consortia — generic term to cooperation between group…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. This week, we learned the concept of collection analysis and evaluation. Collection analysis and evaluation is important in a way that it can determine whether a specific institution such as a library is maintaining the needs of its clientele. Furthermore, the collection analysis can provide a detailed subject profile that…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. This week, we tackled fiscal management. Fiscal management is an activity done by an organization which is responsible for obtaining and utilizing of funds to support an organization’s operations. It is also known as budgeting and is described as a balancing act. A budget refers to the total amount of…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. Last week, we discussed what and how selection process is being done within Library and Information Centers (LICs). This week, we tackled Acquisition. Acquisition is the process by which we secure materials for the library collection whether by means of purchasing, gifts or donations, or exchange programs. Purchasing, as the…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. This week covers what and how selection process is being done in Libraries and Information Centers (LICs). Selection is the process of choosing what is the best or most suitable materials that will be added to the library collection. It is also good to note that selection is considered as…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. For this week, we tackled the overview of collection development. Collection development and collection management are often used interchangeably as both concepts are naturally connected to each other but, in a sense, collection management is a broader term or an umbrella term of which the collection development is just a…

What are the concepts discussed? Briefly describe them in your own words. This week, we discussed a lot of things. First and foremost, we tackled different types of libraries. Such is important to collection development as various types of libraries deal with different clienteles — the general public, grade schoolers, people within the academe, and those special clienteles within a special field…