Outreaching Library Services
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | KD18BSKM01 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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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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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| KIKO-2015 |
1 autumn |
5.0 |
2015-08-01 |
2015-12-31 |
| KIKO-2016 |
1 autumn |
5.0 |
2016-08-01 |
2016-12-31 |
Learning Outcomes
After the course, the student is able to tell the meaning of outreaching services in a library work. S/he is able to separate different patron groups in outreaching work. The student is able to use different working methods in planning and implementing library services to different patron groups. The student can analyze special characteristics of mobile library, institutional libraries and home delivery services
Student's Workload
Total work load of the course 130 h
-of which contact lessons 40 h
- of which groupwork 20 h
- of which independent studies 70 h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No prerequisites.
Contents
- reaching and meeting new patron groups
- co-operation with local, regional organizations and other partners
- domiciliary and institutional services
- home delivery service
- mobile library service
- illustrations of projects and experiments (e.g. pop-up libraries)
- international guidelines of outreaching library services
- evaluation of the effectiveness of outreaching library services
Recommended or Required Reading
Guidelines for libraries serving hospital patients and the elderly and disabled in long-term care facilities. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions IFLA Professional Reports, Nr. 61/2000.
Librarians as community partners: an outreach handbook. Edited by Carol Smallwood. American library Association 2010.
Mobile Library Guidelines. IFLA Professional Report No. 123 / 2010.
Other materials to be announced at the beginning of the course.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, groupwork, information seeking, assignments.
Assessment Criteria
Satisfactory (1)
The student has completed all the course tasks but hasn't always followed the timetables or instructions. S/he is able to tell the most important tasks and customer groups of the outreaching library services in a public library. S/he is able to tell the most important partners in co-operation and what kind of co-operation is done.
Good (3)
The student has completed all the course tasks according to the timetables and instructions. The student is able to analyse the tasks of outreaching library services in a public library. 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.
Excellent (5)
The student has completed all the course tasks according to the timetables and instructions. The student is able to tell a diversified analysis of the tasks and the future of outreaching library services in a public library and also as a part of society. 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.
Assessment Methods
Groupwork, activity in discussions and in information seeking, assignments.
Work Placement
No work placement.
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