Università Roma Tre

Introduction

Various factors, such as political, environmental, economic, health, and social changes, characterize the complex societies of the 21st century, generating new opportunities but also crises, disorientation, and uncertainty at personal, productive, and social levels. These challenges can be exacerbated by the pervasiveness of technology and information overload. In such complexity, individuals are required to possess strong reading, information, media, and digital skills to "read," interpret phenomena, navigate, and learn throughout life in a globalized and interconnected context. Knowledge infrastructures—libraries, archives, documentation centers, and museums—increasingly function as learning environments that enable the acquisition, consolidation, and enhancement of information and media literacy to fully exercise the right to citizenship, including in the digital realm.

Course Objectives

The course aims to:
• Raise awareness of the relevance of information and media literacy (or Media and Information Literacy - MIL) and the role that different types of libraries play in lifelong learning in complex societies.
• Understand the basic theoretical foundations and acquire techniques in Bibliography, Library Science, and Documentation, focusing on:

Information
Documentation
Web 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0
Organization and management of libraries
Course Description

The course is divided into three modules:

Introductory module, providing an overview of informational complexity, the "docuverse," the importance of acquiring information and media literacy, and the role played by libraries and librarians in this process. It also introduces students to information research for the final project, different types of theses, and academic writing.
Bibliography
Library Science
The course covers:
• Definitions of "information literacy" and introduces the concept of "media and information literacy," based on recent UNESCO documents and library associations.
• Various approaches and methods in information research, considering phenomena such as information overload and the digital divide.
• Reflection on the role of libraries and librarians in addressing these phenomena through the development of personalized services (Reference Library) and user education, utilizing the new social interaction tools offered by web 2.0.
Basic concepts of bibliography, library science, and documentation are introduced:

MODULE 1) Information Literacy:
Definitions, standards, models. Information literacy for academic writing (e.g., thesis types).

MODULE 2) Bibliography:
Definition; areas of competence; historical overview; types; bibliographic citation and citation styles (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, etc.); compilation of repertoires: the "bibliographic chain"; tools; ISO standards.

MODULE 3) Library Science:

Definition; areas of competence; historical overview (library history with glimpses of the history of books and publishing); types of libraries (state, university, public, etc.) – Library legislation – Intellectual property and copyright.
From book to library
The public library
The library as a state institution
The library as a community institution
The library as an institution of communication and memory
The library as an organized structure
The five laws of library science
Library organization and collection growth
Cataloging: bibliographic description
Cataloging: formal and semantic access points
Management of periodicals
Electronic resources
Bibliographic data exchange formats: UNIMARC
Shelving, collection management, and lending
Reference service
Library digitization and its evolution

Testi d'esame (4 in tutto):

MODULO 1 (Competenza informativa):
1) Luisa MARQUARDT, Dispensa sulla competenza informativa (disponibile nella piattaforma Formonline).

MODULO 2 (Bibliografia):
2) Luisa MARQUARDT, Dispensa di Bibliografia (disponibile nella piattaforma Formonline).

MODULO 3 (Biblioteconomia - 2 testi):
3a) Giorgio MONTECCHI e Fabio VENUDA, Nuovo manuale di biblioteconomia, Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 2022.
3b) un volume a scelta nella collana “Conoscere la biblioteca” (Milano: Editrice Bibliografica), OPPURE Giovanni SOLIMINE, Cervelli anfibi, orecchie e digitale : Esercizi di lettura futura, Fano: Aras, 2023, OPPURE Luisa MARQUARDT, Contrastare la povertà educativa : una Biblioteca In Ogni Scuola, Roma: Save the Children; Forum del Libro, 2022.

Dispense e materiali didattici della Docente saranno disponibili nella piattaforma Formonline.