Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

12184 (v.6) Information Studies 541 - Public Librarianship


Area:

Department of Media and Information

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Public librarianship in modern society. Critical analysis of the trends and issues facing public libraries in the 21st century. An examination of the history, philosophy and theory of public librarianship. Management of services and collections of popular literature and reference material in public libraries. Investigation of the techniques required to meet the needs of ethnically diverse communities of all ages, backgrounds and interests. Exploration of national and international standards, technologies and government policies to ensure the quality of service operations. Promotion of a strong professional and personal commitment to public librarianship. Students will be able to develop a project in a specific facet of public librarianship such as services to older adults, youth services, reader services, popular literature, or electronic access to collections.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

091301 Librarianship and Information Management

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2006 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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