LIBRARIANSHIP

The aim of the course (which is part of the basic ones of the three-year degree in history and is mandatory for its archive-librarian address) is to provide students with the basics on the organization and management of a modern library.

At the end of the course students can be inserted, through an internship under the guidance of professional librarians, in the work activities of a modern library and will have the basis to deepen, in a higher degree course, knowledge of specific library activities.

It is advisable (especially for the students of the curriculum "Archive and Library Studies" of the degree in History) that they have already passed the "Bibliografia [Information Literacy]" examination.

The organization of the various services to the public, necessary for a library (cataloging, reference, acquisition and management of collections, loan, measurement and evaluation, computerization). Organization and changes implemented and in progress, new media, digital and networking. Library types, their convergences and divergences. Social role of public libraries and service role in education and research. Libraries as a social and technological infrastructure. Hints to sustainability in the library. Guided visits to some Venetian library structures will be organized, compatibly with the safety conditions during the course period.

Biblioteche e biblioteconomia: principi e questioni, a cura di Giovanni Solimine e Paul Gabriele Weston, Roma, Carocci, 2015.
Giovanna Granata. Introduzione alla biblioteconomia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2009.
Riccardo Ridi. Il mondo dei documenti. Cosa sono, come valutarli e organizzarli, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010.
Riccardo Ridi. I concetti fondamentali del servizio di reference, Ca' Foscari, versione 1.1, ottobre 2014, http://virgo.unive.it/ridi/wplis08-1.pdf .

Bibliografia supplementare per i non-frequentanti, che quindi dovranno studiare tutti i testi del precedente elenco e in aggiunta anche i seguenti:
Gabriele Mazzitelli. Che cos'è una biblioteca, Roma, Carocci, 2005.
Fernando Venturini. Le biblioteche raccontate a mia figlia, Milano, Editrice Bibliografica, 2010, disponibile anche online a http://www.bibliotecheraccontate.it

Bibliografia supplementare di approfondimento, per frequentanti e non (due titoli a scelta tra i seguenti):
Paolo Traniello, Le biblioteche italiane oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2005.
John Palfrey, Bibliotech: perché le biblioteche sono importanti nell’era di Google, Milano, Editrice Bibliografica, 2016.
David R. Lankes, Biblioteche innovative in un mondo che cambia, Milano, Editrice Bibliografica, 2020.
Jeffrey T. Schnapp e Matthew Battles, The library beyond the book, Cambridge, Harvard Un. Press – MetaLABprojects, 2014.
Eric Klinenberg, Costruzioni per le persone, Milano, Ledizioni, 2019.

Oral exam in person or by teleconference, according to the University's provisions

Lectures and exercises in presence and / or online, according to the provisions of the University for the second semester

Italian

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development