Università Roma Tre

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
Library services assessment and evaluation

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 titles to be chosen in the series: “Conoscere la biblioteca” (Milano: Editrice Bibliografica)

The Professor's teaching materials can be accessed via the Edmodo platform
Suggested reading: JOSÉ M. PRELLEZO – JESUS M. GARCIA (eds), Invito alla ricerca. Metodologia e tecniche del lavoro scientifico, Roma: LAS, 2007.