Library history (5 cr)
Code: 1800BD47-3008
General information
- Enrollment
- 17.04.2023 - 31.05.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 28.08.2023 - 31.05.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Library and Information Services
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services
- Teachers
- Ari Haasio
- Groups
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KITI23Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services
- Course
- 1800BD47
Evaluation scale
1-5
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
Exam schedules
No exam
Completion alternatives
-
Student workload
135 h independent work
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.