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Communal reading (5 cr)

Code: 4A00CW71-3004

General information


Enrollment

22.04.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

02.09.2024 - 25.05.2025

Credits

5 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services

Teachers

  • Satu Salmela

Student groups

  • KITI24
    Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services

Objective

Having taken the course, the student is able to distinguish between different reading communities and their ways of action. They are able to present the opportunities offered by the library in the field of communal reading. The student can also plan and lead different user groups, support reading as a hobby, as well as choose different working forms encouraging reading. They are able to activate and lead a reader-oriented literature discussion.

Content

- different ways and environments of communal reading
- communal reading
- communal reading and libraries
- reading promotion

Materials

Hokkanen, L. (2015). Sosiaalinen kirjasto: Lukemattomien mahdollisuuksien maailma. Avain.; Ahola, S. 2013. Lukupiirien aika : yhteisöllistä lukemista suomalaisissa lukupiireissä. Helsinki: Avain./ tai Aholan väitöskirja "Lukupiirien Suomi : Yhteisöllistä lukemista 149 suomalaisessa lukupiirissä 2009".; Kirjastot aikuisten lukemisen edistäjinä. 2018. Helsinki: Helsingin kaupunginkirjasto.; Tuomi, P. 2011. Kirjojen keskellä. Kirjastonhoitaja kaunokirjallisuuden asiantuntijana. Helsinkin: Avain.; Tuomi, P. (2017). Kaunokirjallisuus suomalaiselle yleiselle kirjastolle haasteena, rasitteena ja mahdollisuutena: Historiallis-argumentatiivinen tarkastelu suomalaisen yleisen kirjastolaitoksen suhteesta kaunokirjallisuuteen ja kirjalliseen järjestelmään. Oulun yliopisto. ; Fournier, M. D., Ostman, S. & Hall, T. D. (2020). Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement. American Library Association. ; Ekholm, K., Repo, Y., Winther-Jensen, T., Pitkänen, M. & Berndtson, M. (2021). Lukemisen aika: Eikö Suomessa lueta tarpeeksi? Kustannusosakeyhtiö Siltala. Muu käytettävä materiaali Ilmoitetaan aihekohtaisesti opintojakson edetessä

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student

-has completed all the course tasks but has not always followed the instructions and timetables
-can shortly define the role of the library in communal reading
-can choose and use some methods of reading promotion
-can tell something about the importance of reading as a hobby.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student

-has completed all the course tasks according to the instructions and timetables
-can evaluate the role of the library in the promotion of communal reading
-is active and interested in the use of various methods in reading promotion
-can analyze the importance of reading as a hobby.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student

-has completed all the course tasks according to the instructions and timetables
-can evaluate the role of the library in the promotion of communal reading
-is active and interested in using various methods in reading promotion and can propose new ways to promote reading
-can analyze the importance of reading as a hobby in a comprehensive way