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LiFT: Organizing and Maintaining a Collection

Overview:
In this course, you’ll learn how libraries organize their physical and digital resources to ensure access, usability, and support wayfinding for staff and patrons. You’ll also learn more about the steps a library might take to prolong the life of items in its collection.

Access the course. (requires free registration to WebJunction)

Learning objectives:
By the end of this course, learners will be able to: 

  • Understand how libraries organize materials in their collections
  • Describe what libraries do to support wayfinding for library staff and patrons
  • Describe the steps a library might take to maintain and prolong the life of items in its collection
  • Explain how shelving practices support libraries in keeping their collections organized

Developed by: WebJunction and the Idaho Commission for Libraries