Core Courses

Fundamental courses on acquisitions, cataloging, collection assessment, collection development & management, digital library projects, electronic resources acquisitions, management, metadata, preservation, and universal design for learning.

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Fundamentals Course Topics

* These three courses are approved by the Library Support Staff Certification program and comprise the Collection Management Course.

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2024 Course Schedule

Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA)

  • Session 1: January 29 - March 8
  • Session 2: March 18 - April 26
  • Session 3: May 6 - June 14
  • Session 4: July 29 - September 6

Fundamentals of Cataloging (FOC)

  • Session 1: January 8 – February 16 - SOLD OUT
  • Session 1.1: January 8 – February 16 - SOLD OUT
  • Session 2: February 26 - April 5 - SOLD OUT
  • Session 2.1: February 25 – April 5 - SOLD OUT
  • Session 3: April 22 - May 31 - SOLD OUT
  • Session 3.1: April 22 – May 31 - SOLD OUT
  • Session 4: July 8 - August 16 - SOLD OUT
  • Session 4.1: July 8 – August 16 - SOLD OUT
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Fundamentals of Collection Assessment (FCA)

  • Session 1: February 5 - March 15 - CANCELLED
  • Session 2: March 25 - May 3
  • Session 3: May 20 - June 28

Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management (FCDM)

  • Session 1: February 5 - March 1
  • Session 2: March 18 - April 12
  • Session 3: May 13 - June 7

Fundamentals of Digital Library Projects (FDLP)

  • Session 1: January 22 – March 1
  • Session 2: March 11 - April 19 - Cancelled
  • Session 3: April 29 - June 7

Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (FERA)

  • Session 1: January 29 - February 23
  • Session 2: March 4 - March 29 - CANCELLED
  • Session 3: May 6 - May 31

Fundamentals of Institutional Repositories (FIR) - NEW COURSE!

Fundamentals of Metadata (FOM)

  • Session 1: January 15 - February 23 - CANCELLED
  • Session 2: March 11 - April 26
  • Session 3: April 29 - June 7

Fundamentals of Management (FM)

  • Session 1: January 8 - February 2
  • Session 2: March 4 - March 29 - CANCELLED
  • Session 3: April 22 - May 17
  • Session 4: June 3 - June 28

Fundamentals of Preservation (FOP)

  • Session 1: February 12 - March 8
  • Session 2: March 25 - April 19
  • Session 3: May 13 - June 7

Fundamentals of Universal Design for Learning (FUDL)

  • Session 2.0: March 11 - April 19

The 2025 Course Schedule will be available this fall.

Registration

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