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Collections Manager Course

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What will I learn?

Advance your career in library science with our Collections Manager Course, designed to give you the vital skills for managing and optimising library collections. Learn to put effective collection changes in place, improve digital resources, and become an expert in weeding strategies. Get expertise in monitoring and evaluation, user feedback analysis, and collection assessment. Develop strategic plans by working with community organisations and setting clear goals. Identify gaps in the collection and understand the needs of the community to make sure the library offers a varied and relevant range of materials.

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Online and lifetime access to courses
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you'd like to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Become proficient in getting a wide variety of library materials effectively.

Improve and manage digital collections in a practical way.

Put strategic weeding and deaccessioning methods into practice.

Carry out useful user satisfaction surveys and analyse feedback.

Develop thorough collection development plans.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.