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