| CODE | LIA5038 | |||||||||
| TITLE | School and Academic Librarianship | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Library Information and Archive Sciences | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit will take students through different aspects of school, community and academic librarianship. School libraries have evolved during the years to provide services that support and reflect 21st century learning. Important learner-based developments in the educational sector have had an impact on school libraries widening the scope and bringing with them new and exciting challenges and responsibilities. School librarians too have had to evolve, skilling their professional development to undertake new remits and support the requirements of the learners and educators that they serve. Community libraries also developed from small units with minimal facilities into units of information serving an ever-growing circle of users. In some countries these libraries have been transformed into information centers or community hubs. Academic librarianship is also passing through challenges with online sources on the increase. The unit will cover these changing roles of academic libraries, current affairs, challenges and future developments of the profession. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit will provide participants with an insight of how school, community and academic libraries and their roles change with time and what challenges they face in a rapid changing and dynamic information landscape. Participants will also familiarize themselves with marketing techniques, open access theory and information on digitization processes. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - define the components of school librarianship; - analyze the interrelations between a school library policy and the curriculum; - demonstrate teaching research skills and information literacy to support life-long learning; - critically analyze the landscape within which modern school libraries operate in primary, secondary and sixth form level; - evaluate the needs of the community to be catered for by community libraries; - assess the profession of an academic librarian as well as theoretical and practical aspects of working within an academic library environment; - explain library resources and services to the academic community and other relevant stakeholders. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - catalogue and provide services in school libraries; - set up policies and manage collection development; - collaborate, provide curriculum support and outreach activities; - plan and manage community library services; - liaise with central authorities on the functioning of community libraries; - distinguish between different roles of academic librarians; - plan and run promotion of library services and resources; - develop and maintain close relationships with academic community; - navigate through Library platforms including HyDi, RefWorks, Leganto and OAR@UM. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Arms, W. Y. (2000). Digital libraries. MIT Press. - Bentley, E. & Pavey, S. (2016). The Innovative School Librarian. Facet Publishing. - Edward Evans (author), G. (2018). Academic Librarianship. Publisher American Library Association. - Potter, N. (2012). The library marketing toolkit. Facet publishing. - Suber, P. (2012). Open Access | The MIT Press. The MIT Press. Supplementary Texts: - Beverly, P. L. (2017). Academic Librarianship Today. R&L. - Cordelia Anderson (author). (2020). Library Marketing and Communications: Strategies to Increase - Relevance and Results. Publisher American Library Association. - Mackenzie, A., & Martin, L. (Eds.). (2014). Mastering digital librarianship: strategy, networking and discovery in academic libraries. Facet publishing. - Martin, P. E. (2020). Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access. Publisher MIT Press. - Mathews, B. (2009). Marketing today's academic library: a bold new approach to communicating with students. American Library Association. - Schultz-Jones, B. & Oberg D. (2015). IFLA School library Guide. IFLA. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Raelene Galea Marc Kosciejew Martin Lochman Antida Mizzi Romaine Petrocochino Agata Maria Scicluna Derkowska Ryan Scicluna |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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