Course: Basics of library science
ECTS credits: 6
Language: Croatian
Duration: 1 semester
Status: compulsory
Method of teaching: 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of seminar
Prerequisite: regular attendance
Assessment: oral exam and a seminar paper

Course description:
Library as a public institution. Origins of public libraries in the modern sense. Types, tasks and organisation of libraries. National libraries. Legal deposit. Popular, academic, school and special libraries: role, tasks, services. Librarianship as a profession and science. Professional ethics and code of ethics. International organisations for promoting culture and science and international programmes. Library legislation. Standardisation and standards. Library material, library stock and collections. Selecting and acquiring material. Acquisition guidelines. Evaluation of library stock, selection and weeding. Library services and their evaluation. Documents needed for the management of libraries. Literacy and computer literacy. Cooperation between libraries, central services tasks.

Course objectives:
To teach the basics of the function of libraries and public institutions and the responsibilities of the librarian profession.

Quality check and success of the course: Quality check and success of the course will be done by combining internal and external evaluation. Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students using survey method at the end of semester. The external evaluation will be done by colleagues attending the course, by monitoring and assessment of the course.

Reading list
1. BROPHY, P. The library in the twenty-first century : new services for the information age. London : Library Association Publishing, 2001.
2. BUCKLAND, M. Preoblikovanje knjižničnih službi i usluga. Lokve : “Benja”, 2000.
3. ETIČKI kodeks Hrvatskoga knjižničarskog društva. http: //www.hkdrustvo.hr
4. GORMAN, M. Our enduring values: librarianship in the 21st century. Chicago : American Library Association, 2000.
5. NARODNA knjižnica: IFLA-ine i UNESCO-ove smjernice za razvoj službi i usluga. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2003.

Additional reading list
1. NEBESNY, T.; Švob, M. Izgradnja knjižne zbirke u narodnim knjižnicama. // Slobodan pristup informacijama u službi kulturnog razvitka : zbornik radova. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2002. Str. 56-75.
2. PREPORUKE za knjižnično zakonodavstvo i politiku u Europi. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske 43, 3(2000), str. 161-162.
3. SMJERNICE za knjižnične usluge za djecu. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2004.
4. STANDARDI  za narodne knjižnice u Republici Hrvatskoj. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske 43, 3(2000), str. 163-188.
5. UNESCOV Manifest za narodne knjižnice. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske 37, 3/4(1994), str. 251-254.
6. UNESCOV Manifest za školske knjižnice. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske 43, 3(2000), str. 158-161.
7. UPUTE za poslovanje narodnih knjižnica / uredila Aleksandra Malnar. Zagreb : Knjižnice grada Zagreba, 1996.