The Learning Library

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84334-530-5
Verlag: Woodhead Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten

There is a paradigmatic change in the pedagogic trends, as new brain research tells us more about human ability to learn. The shift from teaching to learning suggests that the learner must do the learning work, and the teaching role will be better served if the teaching librarian moves from being a guide to a facilitator. At the same time, the higher education library is undergoing a move towards e-resources.
From the Content:
Modern society - ubiquitous computing will surround us, and perhaps change our behaviour; permanent connectivity is emerging, and this has an impact on all kinds of services; Development of user types - the history of literacy is not the same in different parts of the world. “Fast surfers, broad scanners and deep divers” are user types that are interpreted in recent user research; web 2.0 leads to further development of interaction on the internet; Collections in war and peace - collections play a role as identity for nations, and for groups of people; what happens with collections that are characterized by peaceful development?; Development of hybrid libraries - the digital era gives the library new tasks; acquisition policies will be addressed; a picture of the mixed collections are drawn; Pedagogy through history - the Maslow hierarchy is fundamental to how people solve problems; examines views on Piaget’s pedagogy as a paradigmatic theory; this is a background for presenting modern pedagogy; Librarians and roles - guidance and facilitating processes are wanted, but this is difficult to maintain over time; therefore, the teaching role must be developed by ideas from other colleagues, so that this is possible to manage with the use of limited resources; Research in modern surroundings - the research process conducted on a computer as a tool with use of the internet; The Learning Centre idea - interpretive environments for learners; Cafe pedagogy as a method - pedagogic techniques.

Autoren/Hrsg.

R?ijen, Kristin

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliotheks- und Auskunftssdienste

Über Autor(innen)

Kristin Røijen is an academic librarian at Oslo University College. For the last 20 years she has been working in academic libraries, questioning learning processes. During the past five years, she has been teaching on an information literacy course. She has written articles and papers in the field, both in Norwegian and English language and has also been elected as head of Norwegian Association of Special Libraries (NFF).