Learner-Centered Collection Development

Presented by Jacqueline C. Mancall, Ph.d
Drexel University
College of Information Science and Technology
Philadelphia, PA 19104

December 9, 2002
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, Yorktown

This workshop is aimed at enabling participants to reinterpret their responsibilities for collection development. We will re-imagine collection development as a process that creates environments that reflect the characteristics of the learner, the teaching/learning context of the school, changes in the expanding knowledge base, and partnerships with the broader learning community. 

Participants will be able to:

• Explain the changing school library media collection paradigm
• Understand the connection between contemporary learning theories and the development of   learner-centered collections
• Discuss the relationship of the learner-centered model to the guidelines suggest in Information Power: Building Partnerships
  for Learning
• Explain the changing role of the collection manager
• Develop tools for identifying learner characteristics and collecting data about the teaching/learning context of their school
• Identify resources in your community that can support the learner-centered collection development process

Jacqueline Mancall, a past president of AASL and a leading library educator, is a professor in Drexel
University's College of Information Science and Technology. Her teaching responsibilities include collection development, management of information organizations, and the instructional role of the information specialist. She and her colleague, Sandra Hughes-Hassell, have delivered this workshop at professional meetings at the local, state and national level.