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Description This four-week Web course will provide an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources. It will provide a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods, and pricing models and will provide an overview of the sometimes complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers, and libraries. Who Should Attend? The Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions is a distance education, Web-based course tailored those who are new to managing electronic resources. The course assumes some knowledge of basic acquisitions or serials functions. Those with no experience in Acquisitions would benefit by taking the Fundamentals of Acquisitions web course first. Taking a Web course is different than taking a traditional course in a classroom. Go to Are You Ready for Online Learning to make sure this Web course is right for you. Course Format A Moodle-developed site is composed of self-paced modules with facilitated interaction led by the instructors. There are predetermined start and end dates and a suggested pace which includes interaction with the instructors and your classmates. Students regularly use the forum and chat room functions to facilitate their class participation. Section quizzes are offered and feedback given, however, there is no final class grade. Contact Hours: 8 hours Course Outline Section 1 - Overview Section 2 - Acquisitions Section 3 - Access Section 4 - Support and Archiving Online discussion dates and times - TBA The course Web site will be open for 1 week prior to the start date for students to have access to Moodle instructions and set their browser correctly. The course site will remain open 1 week after the end date for students to complete any sections and submit the course evaluation survey. Instructor Dalene Hawthorne, Head of Systems and Technical Services, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas Session Limit Maximum Number of Participants Per Session: 20 Registration Registration for the August 4 - 29 session is now closed. Click the link above to be notified of future course dates. Registration Fees: $109 ALCTS Members; $129 Non-Members Questions? For questions, call Julie Reese at (312) 280-5034 or send an email message to jreese@ala.org.
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