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KB Public Administration: Relevant Topics

Public Administration Collection Development KnowledgeBase
General Selection Notes

Practical works are preferred over theoretical; graduate level works should be avoided except for resources supporting the Public Administration graduate certificate program.

Electronic sources are preferred over print and should exclusively be purchased for the Public Administration graduate certificate program, which is only offered online.

Lirbrary Technician Call Numbers

Call Number Subject
HF5381 - HF5383 Vocational Guidance / Career Development
HF5415.5 Customer Service
HM1166-1169 Interpersonal Communication
QA75.9.D26 -QA76.9.D3 Databases / Microsoft Access
Z116 - Z659 Book Industries and Trade
Z662 - Z1000.5 Libraries / Library Science
ZA3038 - ZA5190 Information Resources

Public Administration Call Numbers

Call Number Subject
HF5717 - 5746 Business Communication / Business Record Keeping
HJ7461 - 8899 Government Spending / Public Debts
HJ9103 - 9695 Municipal Finance
JF Political Institutions and Public Administration
JL1 - 500 Political Institutions and Public Administration in Canada
JS Local Government / Municipal Government
KEO864 - 869 Municipal Law in Ontario
PE1095 - 1116 English Grammar
PE1128 English Grammar & Writing

Real Property Administration Call Numbers

Call Number Subject
HB171 Economics
HD200-HD316 Real Estate - Intro; Real Estate Intro - property assessment - appraisal - Real Property
HD1375 - HD1395 Valuation
HF1017 Business statistics (SPSS software)
HF5681-HF5686.C Financial Statements - Cost Accounting
HG179-HG4529 Financial Planning & Personal Finance & Corporate Finance & Financial Management
HJ4122 Property Tax
HT165-HT178 Planning and Urban Development
K2390 Alternative Dispute Resolution; Real estate practice in Ontario - Legal responsibilities of Real Estate
KEO236 - KEO502 Agents
KE625 Real Property Law
KE850 Contracts

PAD Topics

Library & Information Technician

  • acquisitions / vendors
  • books, serials & audiovisual matrerials
  • cataloguing (RDA, MARC2, ISBD, LCSH, LCC, Dublin Core, DCC)
  • circulation
  • citing sources
  • interlibrary loans
  • libraries / types of libraries / history of libraries
  • library catalogues, databases & discovery layers
  • library collections
  • library ethics
  • library programming
  • library promotion (displays, handouts, bookmarks ...)
  • library software / computer applications 
  • library roles and work skills, customer service and human relations skills
  • library career development / job searching
  • library tool development (subject guides, web sites, etc)
  • professional issues in libraries 
  • reference interviewing
  • reference sources
  • searching / search strategies
     

Public Administration

  • communications in public administration
  • dispute resolution, alternative dispute resolution and mediation in municipal government
  • government ethics
  • human resources of municipal management
  • municipal issues in Ontario / local government in Ontario
  • municipal financial fundamentals / management
  • municipal law
  • municipal revenues / financial management
  • project management in government
  • politics and government in Canada
  • public administration / public service
  • public policy and public policy research in Canada
     

Real Property Administration

  • alternative dispute resolution, negotiation, mediation and arbitration for valuation
  • Assessment Act / Assessment Review Board / assessment appeals
  • communication skills (written & verbal)
  • income properties (valuation)
  • microeconomics
  • mortgage underwriting / financing
  • municipal taxes / tax administration
  • physical aspects of residential properties (incl construction & deterioration) in relation to value
  • real estate appraisal / property valuation
  • real estate ethics / ethics for the assessor
  • residential data collection for valuation
  • skills for the assessment professional
  • statistics for valuation
  • valuation software / computer assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) / valuation modelling