Università Roma Tre

SUBJECT: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (AY 2011-12).
PRESENTATION: EVERY PERSON NEEDS TO HAVE SOUND ABILITIES IN READING (AS A SET OF LITERACIES: FUNCTIONAL, MULTIMEDIA, INFORMATION...) IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE PHENOMENA OF OUR COMPLEX, TRANSITIONAL, LIQUID SOCIETY, AND TO BE ABLE TO SELF-ORIENTEERING IN SUCH A GLOBALISED AND INTERCONNECTED CONTEXT.

LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION CENTRES (AND MUSEUMS AS WELL) ARE VITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ENABLE THEIR USERS TO ACQUIRE, REINFORCE, IMPROVE INFORMATION LITERACY AND THEREFORE A COMPETENT USE OF INFORMATION.
OBJECTIVES:
- BECOMING AWARE OF THE STRATEGIC RELEVANCE OF INFORMATION LITERACY AND OF THE ROLE PLAYED IN IT BY LIBRARIES, ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOL LIBRARY, IN THE LEARNING PROCESS IN A COMPLEX SOCIETY.
- KNOWING THE THEORETICAL BASIC FUNDAMENTALS AND ACQUIRING THE TECHNIQUES OF BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARIANSHIP AND DOCUMENTATION, IN PARTICULARLY CONCERNING:
O INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
O WEB 2.0 IN INFORMATION LITERACY EDUCATION AND AS A MEANS OF OF COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH OF LIBRARY SERVICES ADDRESSED TO CHIDLDREN AND PUPILS
O PLANNING, ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES, SCHOOL LIBRARIES, CHILDREN’S LIBRARIES AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT