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=**LIS 5250 Developing & Managing Collections**= SPRING 2016 Floyd Pentlin, Adjunct University of Central Missouri.

**E-mail**
HOME: calaf@charter.net UCMO: fpentlin@ucmo.edu

**Phone**
HOME ANSWERING MACHINE: 660.747.0683 CELL: Posted on Blackboard in PENTLIN INFO link

**Skype Name**
fcpen2008

You can tell that I'm at my computer when you see the green check mark by my name in Skype. Feel free to chat or Skype me at any time.

** Office Hours **
I set 10:00 am-12:00 M-F as a time that I am almost always working at my computer and you will almost always be able to get me via Skype, e-mail, or cell phone.



This wiki is being used as a textbook. There is no need to join the wiki as it is not used an an interactive tool. So much of selection can be done by the seat of your pants (that’s why we have so many clerks and non-professionals doing this task) but there is an enormous body of philosophy, history, and professional expertise required to not only start a collection but also keep it relevant in the educational context. Selection must go beyond using something like [|Title Wave from Follett]to sit down one afternoon and pick out $3,000 worth of books (if books happen to be the focus) for the next school year. Selection requires knowledge of the curriculum, sensitivity not only to the learning environment but also to the needs and the strengths and weaknesses of your students and staff. Selection requires an understanding of the role of the library media center and the library media specialist (LMS) in the educational process and an enthusiasm for the changes that are coming to the profession which change the priorities of your selection almost year by year. If you are a person who does not understand and embrace change then you will have a hard time as a LMS. Selection goes beyond simply adding material to the collection but it is the means by which the LMC collection responds to the needs of its clients.

The course is conducted asynchronously using Blackboard course management software (course access is at [|http://ucmo.blackboard.com/webapps/login/.)] There are no on-campus classes. There will be some kind of assignment each week. Generally the class will alternate between written projects, demonstration projects in the form of screencasts, and Skype discussions.
 * Course Description **

The purpose of the course is to provide a theoretical and practical guide for developing, maintaining, and evaluating a school library media center collection.
 * PURPOSE OF THE COURSE **

None
 * Prerequisite **

Floyd C. Pentlin Office Hours: Scheduled by appointment. Appointments are via Skype or telephone.
 * Instructor Information **

If you have questions be sure to post them to the FAQ Forum in the DISCUSSION BOARD. Someone in the class may know the answer before I can respond.

For more of my professional and personal background be sure to look at the PENTLIN INFO link in Blackboard.

This course is conducted asynchronously using Blackboard course management software and synchronously through Skype. Students are expected to log in regularly to Blackboard and to participate in each Skype discussion. The course will alternate discussion assignments with written assignments.
 * DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE **