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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

12184 (v.7) Public Librarianship 541

Area: Department of Information Studies
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 1.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Online Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 313761 (v.1) INFM310 Public Librarianship or any previous version
12184-7-2-SYL: 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 to meet the needs of diverse communities. 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
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 091301 Librarianship and Information Management
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1       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