BIBV3060 Themes in Library, Archives and Museums: An Exploration of Practice Course description

This course involves visiting libraries, archives, and/or museums linked to a chosen theme. The theme is selected with guidance from the course supervisor, and the visits are aligned with it. Students can pick themes related to various aspects, such as services, policies, collections, knowledge organization, universal design, leadership, marketing, dissemination practices, and current issues relevant to institutions. Visits may encompass libraries, archives, museums, or combinations of these. Additional information and cultural institutions can be included if pertinent to the theme. Visits typically involve meetings with relevant staff members and students' informal observations.

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Upon completing the course, students are expected to achieve the following learning outcomes in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge:

• Gain insight into current practices at libraries or other information and culture-disseminating organizations related to a theme.
• Acquire knowledge of the pertinent literature and scholarly research concerning the selected theme.
• Develop familiarity with the related legal and policy documents related to the theme.
• Identify relevant concepts, models, and/or theories related to the theme.
• Demonstrate awareness and understanding of ethical considerations related to the theme.

Skills:

• Apply skills and knowledge from previous courses in Library and Information Science or other areas of study.
• Effectively search for, synthesize, critically analyze, and correctly reference source materials.
• Critically assess the connection between theory, policy, and practice related to a selected theme

General Skills:

• Initiate, organize, carry out, and communicate a project.

The course centers around a series of visits to libraries, archives, and/or museums in connection to students' selected themes. Students will complete two assignments related to their series of visits and present their investigation of the selected theme to the class.

Students can work individually or in groups of two.

Teaching methods alternate between lectures, study visits, discussions, and presentations. Teaching will be on campus, sometimes online.

Letter grading A-F.

The examination is evaluated by both an internal and an external examiner. The external examiner grades a randomly selected sample, comprising approximately 25 percent of the exams. The grades assigned to this sample serve as a basis for the internal examiners who will assess the remaining exams.

Jamie Johnston