Università Roma Tre

THE COURSE
- EXAMINES THE DEFINITIONS OF ‘INFORMATION LITERACY’ (IL - INFORMATION LITERACY) AND INTRODUCES THE CONCEPT OF ‘MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY’ (MIL - MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY), STARTING FROM THE MOST RECENT UNESCO DOCUMENTS AND LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS;
- INDICATES AND ANALYSES VARIOUS APPROACHES AND METHODS OF THE INFORMATION SEEKING PROCESS, ALSO WITH REFERENCE TO THE PHENOMENA OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE;
- REFLECTS ON THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS IN COUNTERACTING THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PHENOMENA, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION OF PERSONALISED SERVICES (REFERENCE LIBRARY), USER EDUCATION, THANKS ALSO TO THE NEW TOOLS THAT WEB 2.0 OFFERS IN RESEARCH EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF READING (E.G. WITH INNOVATIVE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DIGITAL LIBRARY, COORDINATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND).

THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARIANSHIP AND DOCUMENTATION ARE INTRODUCED (DEFINITION, AREAS OF EXPERTISE, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE THREE DISCIPLINES):
1. BIBLIOGRAPHY: TYPES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION, COMPILATION, TOOLS, ISO STANDARDS
2. LIBRARIANSHIP: DEFINITION; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY WITH AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF BOOKS - TYPES OF LIBRARIES (STATE, UNIVERSITY, PUBLIC, ETC.) - LIBRARY LEGISLATION - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COPYRIGHT - PUBLIC LIBRARY: DEFINITION, HISTORICAL NOTES, IFLA GUIDELINES AND UNESCO MANIFESTO - CHILDREN'S LIBRARY: DEFINITION, HISTORICAL NOTES, IFLA GUIDELINES AND UNESCO MANIFESTO - SCHOOL LIBRARY: DEFINITION, HISTORICAL NOTES, IFLA GUIDELINES (WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE LAST ONES) AND UNESCO MANIFESTO - LIBRARY AS A COMPLEX SYSTEM: ORGANISATION, PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION - AUTOMATION
3. DOCUMENTATION: DOCUMENT AND DOCUMENTATION - DOCUMENT TYPOLOGY - INFORMATION PROCESSING - DOCUMENT CHAIN.
INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ORGANISATION - DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING: CHOICE AND FORM OF HEADING (REICAT) AND ISBD - SEMANTIC CATALOGUING: DEWEY, CDU, BY SUBJECT AND THESAURI - OPAC.
DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS AND ORGANISATION OF PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL SPACES FUNCTIONAL FOR LEARNING THROUGH RESOURCES MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION