Library history (5cr)

Code: 1800BD47-3005

General information

Enrollment: 01.05.2020 - 31.05.2021; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.09.2020 - 31.05.2021; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Distance learning

Teaching languages: Finnish

Teachers: Ari Haasio

Course: 1800BD47

Evaluation scale

1-5

Content scheduling

Objective

Understands the main turning points of library history. Especially the development of the Finnish libraries is in focus. The student understands how the Finnish library system changed during the 20th century and which the factors that influenced its development are.

Execution methods

Exam or essays

Content

The history of libraries from ancient times to our days. Both Finnish libraries and libraries in other countries are dealt with.

Materials

Mäkinen, Ilkka (toim.). 2009. Suomen yleisten kirjastojen historia. Helsinki: BTJ.
Lerner, Fred. 2009 The Story of Libraries: From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age, London, Bloomsbury.

Teaching methods

Essay.

Employer connections

Exam schedules

No exam.

International connections

Completion alternatives

Student workload

Independent work 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student knows the basics of library history and knows the main events of different era in the library events.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student understands the causal factors of different events in library development through the centuries and their influence to the modern libraries.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student understands the causal factors of different events in library development through the centuries and their influence to the modern libraries. Student can also analyze critically different historical periods and their interaction.