Foundations of school librarianship
BL GS GD PD
Subject value 1.0 * 2 hours per weekend school and 4 hours vacation school * First semester * Gippsland/Distance
This subject aims to develop an awareness of the historical development of various types of libraries and information agencies, and especially school libraries. Topics covered include the roles and functions of school libraries and other information agencies; the relationships between school libraries and other information agencies; the types of services offered by library and information agencies with emphasis on services offered by school libraries; the social, technological and educational trends in relation to the development of school libraries and the roles of teacher-librarians; the roles of library associations.
Assessment
Satisfactory completion of set assignments
Prescribed texts
Cook J (ed.) School librarianship Pergamon, 1981
Haycock K The school library program in the curriculum Libraries Unlimited, 1990