Course: Academic librarianship
ECTS credits: 6
Language: Croatian, German
Duration: 1 semester
Status: elective
Method of teaching: 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of seminar
Prerequisite:
Assessment: oral and written exam
Course description:
Academic libraries vs. other types of libraries. Organisation of libraries within the university education system: diversity of tasks and linking methods. Particularities in managing academic libraries. American and European academic librarianship. Libraries in the Croatian system of university education. Academic libraries vs. university education and scientific communication. Organisation and history of university libraries. Challenges: new information technologies, new services, principle of access vs. principle of possession, consortia, education of users, status of librarians and libraries.
Course objectives:
The students shall learn the role and tasks of libraries within the university education system, and changes and challenges of contemporary academic librarianship.
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. Aparac-Gazivoda, T. Sveučilišni bibliotečni sustavi u teoriji i praksi. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske 33,1/4(1990), str. 43-52.
2. Ambrožič, M. Utvrđivanje uspješnosti poslovanja visokoškolskih knjižnica: od kvantitativnih do kvalitativnih pokazatelja : doktorska disertacija. Zagreb : Filozofski fakultet, 1999. Str. 111-195.
3. Brophy, P. The academic library.London : Facet Publishing, 2000.
4. Petrak, J. Izobrazba studenata za djelotvorne korisnike informacija: iskustva Središnje medicinske knjižnice Medicinskog fakulteta u Zagrebu. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske 41,1/4(1998), 15-20.
5. Petrak, J., Aparac-Jelušić, T. Knjižnice na hrvatskim sveučilištima : tradicija i promjene. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske (u tisku).
6. Hayes, R. M. Strategic management for academic libraries : a handbook. Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 1993.