Electronic Materials, Archives and Virtual Libraries (5cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student has a good understanding of history, concepts and benefits of electronic materials, archives and virtual libraries. The student knows benefits and challenges of purchasing and using e-materials. (S)he knows the opportunities and the libraries role to use them.

Content

- The concepts of the field: digital, electronic, virtual etc.
- The development of e-resources
- The acquisition of e-materials in libraries
- The history and the presents of Electronic Materials and Virtual Libraries. Types and mediums of them.
- National Digital Libraries development projects.

Materials

To be announced at the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

Scheduled studies, e-learning and discussions, self-study exercises.

Student workload

Total work load of the course: 130 h
- of which scheduled studies 12 h
- of which e-learning and autonomous studies 118 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Grading is based on a scale of 0 to 5.
1-2
Satisfactory 1-2
The student has taken part in contactlessons and returned assignments. The student can itemize and contemplate the phenomenon which have e-, digi- or virtual startings and which are connected with libraries.

Good 3-4
The student has actively participated in contactlessons and (s)he has returned well done assignments in which (s)he has used verified range of sources.
The student has a good knowledge of the electronic materials and virtual libraries related to libraries and other information Services.

Excellent 5
The student has actively participated in contactlessons and (s)he has returned creditable assignments in which (s)he has used verified range of international sources.
The student is able to analyse and evaluate the questions of electronic materials and virtual libraries. (S)he is able to identify the needs to improve competences related to subject in libraries.