Course Details

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 1° LEVEL

LE0276

Course
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 1° LEVEL
Code
LE0276
Academic Year
2023/2024
Curriculum Year
2022/2023
Degree Programme
PHILOSOPHY
Curriculum
000 - CORSO GENERICO
Course coordinator
-
Lecturers
Credits
6
Lecture Hours
30
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-STO/08 - Library Management
Course Type
Single-subject learning activity
Course Delivery
OPZ - Opzionale
Year
2
Teaching period
Secondo Semestre
Campus
VERCELLI
Teaching language
Italian
Course Contents
Information Literacy:
identifying, discovering, evaluating, organizing, using the information
Reference Texts
David Lankes, The Atlas of New Librarianship, 2016, MIT Press, pp. 424, ISBN 9780262529921
Andrew Whitworth, Radical Information Literacy, 2014 Elsevier/Chandos, pp. 244, ISBN 9781843347484
Ben Tarnoff, Internet for the people: the fight for our digital future. 2022 Verso, pp. 272, ISBN 9781839762048
Morizot, Baptiste. Sur la piste animale. Mondes sauvages. Arles: Actes Sud, 2018. https://www.actes-sud.fr/node/63437.
Learning Outcomes
basic level objectives - knowledge and understanding: understanding how and where to find information
advanced level objectives - ability to apply knowledge and understanding: know how to manage and use the information found
objectives - communication skills: to be able to communicate information correctly and effectively
Prerequisites
none
the course will provide basic and advanced knowledge in the disciplinary area of "library and information science" where the historical tradition of the library universe intersects with information management issues
Teaching Methods
frontal lesson with collaborative analysis of web contents;
preliminary home work;
group work
Additional Information
lessons will be available in synchronous (streaming) and asynchronous (recordings stored in the DIR space of the course) mode
Assessment Methods
written, 10 open-ended questions. each answer receives a score from 0 to 3 points
it is aimed to evaluate if the students know
how and where to find information (33%);
how to manage and use the found information (33%);
to efficiently and properly communicate the found information (33%)
Detailed Syllabus
the information literacy theme will be examined in the wider realm of librarianship/library & information science; and taking into account the misalignment of literacy to the print and the the digital world
Expected Learning Outcomes
n relation to basic level objectives - to be able to find information and evaluate it
in relation to the objectives of advanced level - to be able to use the information found (see SUA A4.b.2: "have acquired the ability to operate by moving easily between the world of analogue and digital information, knowing how to integrate and critically evaluate them".
in relation to the objectives of communicative skills: at a basic level, to be able to express themselves in an orderly and clear way; at an advanced level, awareness of the communicative context (see SUA A4.b.2: "have acquired basic linguistic and meta-linguistic knowledge, essential to the processes of communication and the practice of communicative strategies».)
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