Consumer Health Collection Management On-Demand

This 4 credit-hour, on-demand class reviews collection management principles, resources and considerations for health-related collections in public libraries. Explore how to evaluate your own library’s health collection, and consider how you can improve your health related materials to better serve your community by working through 4 modules and 2 assignments. The assignments are reviewed by the course instructors. Expect to spend up to 4 hours learning through activities.

• Module 1 Reading: Collection Management Policies and Procedures
• Module 2 Reading: Understanding the Library’s Community Health Information Needs
• Module 2 Assignment: Know Your Community
• Module 3 Reading: Evaluating and Assessing a Collection
• Module 4 Reading: Selecting Health-Related Materials
• Module 4: Final Assignment

Courser URL: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class-catalog/consumer-health-collection-management-demand

Learning Objectives:

After completing 4 readings and 2 assignments, learners will be able to:

Explain and provide justification of the library’s health information collection design.
Locate and use community health data to manage or develop the library’s health information collection.
Assess the quality of the library’s current health information materials and identify any collection gaps
Identify (and select) authoritative health information resources, in a variety of formats, for the library’s collection to meet the health information needs of the community.

Agenda:

• Module 1: 1 hour
• Module 2 and Know Your Community Assignment: 1 hour
• Module 3: 1 hour
• Module 4 and Final Assignment: 1 hour

MLA CE Credit: 4