Università Roma Tre

Presentation:
Sound abilities in reading (conceived as a set of literacies: functional, multimedia, information…) are required to any citizen in order to understand the phenomena of our complex, transitional, “liquid” society, and to be able to self-orienteering and learning in such a globalised and interconnected context.
Libraries, archives, documentation and information centers (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 media and information literacy education and as a means of communication and outreach of library services addressed to children and pupils
o planning, organization and management of public libraries, school libraries, children’s libraries as a learning environment

Requirements
A basic knowledge of the following fields is appreciated:
History, Education, Adult Education
Computer Science (PC, Internet, e-mail)
English language

The course is divided in three modules:
1) Introduction (on Info-complexity, Media and Information Literacy, Bibliographic research and Academic Writing)
2) Bibliography
3) Librarianship

o Presents and analyzes the definitions of Information Literacy, and, more recently, MIL – Media and Information Literacy, starting from UNESCO and library associations documents;
o Suggests and analyzes approaches and methods of information seeking, taking into account the information overload and digital divide phenomena;
o Reflects on the role of libraries and librarians in contrasting such exclusion phenomena through customized services such as the Reference Library, users’ education, tank to new web 2.0 tools.

Basic concepts of:
1. Bibliography: definition; history in brief; types, reference citation and styles; compilation; tools; ISO standards.
2. Librarianship: definition; history in brief; types of libraries; standards, IFLA guidelines and manifestos, automation;
3. Documentation: types of documents, the documentation chain etc.
Cataloging, Indexing (Dewey, CDU, subject and thesauri), OPAC.
Collection development and space designing and planning.
User education
Assessment and evaluation

Books

1. MARCO SANTORO, Lezioni di bibliografia, Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 2012. ISBN 9788870757224.
2. GIOVANNA GRANATA, Introduzione alla biblioteconomia, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2013.
3. one of the volumes to be chosen in the series “Conoscere la biblioteca” (Milano: Editrice Bibliografica)

Learning and Teaching Methods:

• face-to-face lectures
• resources, interaction and tutoring in the Moodle platform
• seminars, guided library visits, training sessions.

Evaluation:
a) Evaluation at the end of each of the three modules (“in itinere”)
b) Final evalutation: written reference compilation test; a multiple choices test on LIS (see: volumes n. 1 and 2 in the “Teaching material”); a reading form based on one of the books “Conoscere la biblioteca”

Foreign students:
Possible adjustment of the teaching program, according to the former academic curriculum, attended/requested by the foreign University.
Languages: English, French, Spanish; Portuguese; German.

Teacher/Students Meeting:
upon request (mail to: luisa.marquardt@uniroma3.it): via Principe Amedeo, 182 - 1st floor.

Books

1. MARCO SANTORO, Lezioni di bibliografia, Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 2012. ISBN 9788870757224.
2. GIOVANNA GRANATA, Introduzione alla biblioteconomia, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2013.
3. one of the volumes to be chosen in the series “Conoscere la biblioteca” (Milano: Editrice Bibliografica)