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COLLECTION MANAGEMENT

LIS 655
Course Description

Collection development designed to teach professional skills in selection and control of collections. Examines large societal forces affecting the ways librarians have traditionally built collections and contemporary changes in access and ownership.

Prerequisites

LIS 601 and LIS 602 or concurrent enrollment

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.83

5.22% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

2.95% from Historical

A Rate
80.95%

25.47% from Historical

Class Size
21

-0.86% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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