Study Guide

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.

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

Evaluation scale

1-5

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.

Assessment methods and criteria

Two essaays

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The answer is based on individual facts, but no key cause-and-effect relationships have been outlined. The structure of the essays is fragmented.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Key things internalized and good understanding of cause-and-effect relationships.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student considers the topic from different perspectives, is also able to justify his / her own opinions based on the source material. The answer is an intact whole, in which the cause-and-effect relationships of history come out excellently.