Working with Children and Youth in Library
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KD18CLNK02 |
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| Type: | Elective |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 5.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Mäkinen-Laitila, Sari |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Learning Outcomes
After the course the student knows what the Finnish children's librarian does today and has done earlier. S/he is able to tell about the future of children's and youth library work. The student is able to choose suitable activities in children's and youth department in the public library. (S)he is able to name the important organizations that co-operate with children´s and youth library.
Student's Workload
Total work load of the course: 130 h
- of which scheduled studies 35 h
- of which practices 10 h
- of which autonomous studies 85 h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
It is recommended that the student has passed the course Children's and youth literature.
Contents
- The collections and material types of children's department in the public library
- The activities of children's and youth department: story hours, booktalk, information skills instruction, media education
- Toddlers, children and youth as customers
-User generated library services for children and young adults
- The co-operation between library, schools and day care centres
- The history of children's libraries
Recommended or Required Reading
IFLA 2006-2007. Guidelines for Library Services to Babies and Toddlers.
IFLA 2003. Guidelines for Children´s Libraries Services.
IFLA 2006. Guidelines for Library Services for Young Adults.
Mediakasvatus kirjastossa. 2009. Toim. Seppo Verho. Helsinki: BTJ Finland Oy.
Mäkelä, Marja-Leena. 2003. Kirjavinkkarikirja. Helsinki: BTJ.
Nuortenkirjastotyön käsikirja. 2007.Toim. Raisa Alameri-Sajama. Helsinki: BTJ Finland Oy.
Higgins, Susan E. 2007. Youth Services and Public Libraries. Chandos Publishing.
Urban teens in the library: research and practice. D. E. Agosto & S. Hughes-Hassell (eds.). American Library Association 2010.
Other course material will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, groupwork, practises in children's and youth department's activities (story hours, booktalk and organizing small events).
Assessment Criteria
Satisfactory (1)
The student is able to tell the most important tasks of the work of the childrens' and youth department in a public library. S/he is able to choose and propose the right materials for the children and youth of different ages. The student is able to identify the important organizations of co-operation and s/he is able to tell what kind of co-operation is done. The student is able to name some methods to participate children and young adults in planning and implementing library services for them.
Good (3)
The student is able to analyse the tasks of childrens' and youth department in a public library. S/he is able to choose and propose in many ways the right materials for the children and youth of different ages. The student is able to identify the important organizations of co-operation and s/he is able to tell what kind of co-operation is done. S/he is able to tell some new possibilities of co-operation. The student is able to compare methods to participate children and young adults in planning and implementing library services for them.
Excellent (5)
The student is able to tell a diversified analyse of the tasks and the future of childrens' and youth department in a public library and also as apart of society. S/he is able to choose and propose in many ways the right materials for the children and youth of different ages. The student is able to identify the important organizations of co-operation and s/he is able to tell what kind of co-operation is done. S/he is able to tell some new possibilities of co-operation. The student is able to develope new methods to participate children and young adults in planning and implementing library services for them.
Assessment Methods
Assignments, active participation in lectures and group work, exercises.
Work Placement
No work placement.
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