Study Guide

Objective

After the course the student knows what the Finnish librarian working with teens and young adults does today and has done earlier. S/he can tell about the future and goals of that library work. The student can tell about the collection and can choose suitable activities in teens and young adults department in the public library. (S)he can name the important organizations that cooperate with teens and young adults library department and can analyze the meaning of multiprofessional cooperation.

Content

The national and international goals and developing of library services for teens and young adults
The collections and material types of teens and young adults department in the public library
Teens and young adults as customers and partners
User generated library services for teens and young adults
The activities of teens and young adults department
The multiprofessional cooperation

Developing services for teens and young adults in public library

Materials

Will be announced in the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures, groupwork, assignments, practical training.

Employer connections

Practical training in the library.

Exam schedules

No exam.

Student workload

Total workload of the course is 135 h, of which 40 h lectures online and 95 h independent work, groupwork and practical training.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student has completed all the course tasks but hasn't allways followed the timetables. The student can tell the most important tasks of the work of the teens and young adults department in a public library. S/he can choose and propose the right materials for teens and young adults of different ages. The student can identify the important organizations of co-operation and s/he is able to tell what kind of co-operation is done. The student can name some methods to participate teens and young adults in planning and implementing library services for them.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student has completed the course tasks according to the timetables and instructions and has played an active role in discussions during lectures. The student can analyse the tasks of teens and young adults department in a public library. S/he can choose and propose in many ways the right materials for teens and young adults. The student can identify the important organizations of co-operation and s/he is able to tell what kind of co-operation is done. S/he can tell some new possibilities of co-operation. The student is able to compare methods to participate teens and young adults in planning and implementing library services for them.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has completed the course tasks according to the timetables and instructions and has played an active role in discussions during lectures. The student can tell a diversified analyse of the tasks and the future of teens and young adults department in a public library and also as a part of society. S/he can choose and propose in many ways the right materials for teens and young adults. The student can identify the important organizations of co-operation and s/he is able to tell what kind of co-operation is done. S/he can tell some new possibilities of co-operation. The student is able to develope new methods to participate teens and young adults in planning and implementing library services for them.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments and activity.