Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic discipline
M-STO/08 (LIBRARY MANAGEMENT)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Period
1st semester (22/09/2015 - 22/12/2015)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Learning outcomes
The creation of a digital library; hands-on training in the use of digital resources; web resources for historical studies.
Course contents
Digital libraries: definitions, functions, services, management.
Institutional repositories, open access and research.
Reading e-books.
Web resources for the study of history.
Teaching methods
Lessons will range from a lecture, to a demonstration, to a discussion and may involve work by the students either independently or in collaboration with others.
Reccomended or required readings
One of the following texts:
G. RONCAGLIA, La quarta rivoluzione. Sei lezioni sul futuro del libro, Laterza, Bari-Roma 2010 (selected chapters).
Kit di sopravvivenza del lettore digitale, a cura di Quintadicopertina e Tropico del Libro, Quintadicopertina, Genova 2013 (freely downloadable at: http://tropicodellibro.it/kit-lettore-digitale/)
M. GUERRINI, Gli archivi istituzionali. Open access, valutazione della ricerca e diritto d'autore, Editrice Bibliografica, Milano 2010 (selected chapters).
P.G. WESTON, Digital curation. Nuove opportunità per bibliotecari e archivisti, p. 9-66, in Il
libro, gli archivi e la memoria digitale, Unicopli, Milano 2013.
Il web e gli studi storici. Guida critica all'uso della rete. A cura di Rolando Minuti. Roma, Carocci, 2015.
Readings in English will be assigned in class.
Assessment methods
Oral discussion. Students should prove their ability to use digital sources.
Non-attending students will produce a paper on an assigned topic.
Further information
Oral discussion. Students should prove their ability to use digital sources.
Non-attending students will produce a paper on an assigned topic.
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
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