Consumer Health Collection Management - On Demand

Class Experience Level

Beginner

This 4 credit-hour, on-demand class reviews collection management principles and resources for health-related collections in public libraries. Watch a recorded presentation and complete 2 assignments to evaluate your own library's health collection, and consider how you can improve your health related materials to better serve your community. Includes a downloadable list of health information resources in .html and .docx format to customize for your library. Expect to spend up to 4 hours learning through videos and activities.

Registration is paused May 1 through October 31, 2024 for course improvements.

If you registered before May 1, 2024 you can still access and complete your work in this class.

Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Assess the quality of their library’s current health information materials and identify any collection gaps
Identify quality health information resources online, in print, and other formats when conducting health information reference
Select authoritative health information resources, in a variety of formats, for their library’s collection while meeting the needs of their community
Explain and provide justification of the library’s health information collection
Consider including health related things that can be offered for lending in their library